Songs with great saxophone

[jhs914]

Any conversation about great saxophone players has to start with Johnny Hodges. Listen to his one minute solo starting at 2:00 in this recording done with Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington's band. This Hodges solo even drew praise from Sinatra after the song finished.

 

[john_pifer]

 

[John105]

I played sax (graduated from alto through tenor and settled on bari) all through public school. It was a great instrument to play. This is a great song with sax in it:

This one was what I was going to say.

 

[Nukeman7]

Not necessarily GREAT, but this song would have been mediocre without the sax...

 

[Dave9]

Steve Miller Band - I want to make the world turn around, is always the first one I think of.



I played sax as a kid, wonderful instrument but I grew out of playing.

 

[Powerglide56]

Low Spark of High Heeled Boys-Traffic

 

[Slow Car Sport Mode]

This is one of my favorite songs.

 

[Yah-Tah-Hey]

Hungary Eyes and Lost in the Fifties Tonight.