My Heart Needs to Feel some Sax
October 5, 2019 11:17 PM Subscribe
Not looking for jazz or solos but more of something where the sax is the voice or the song. Tenor. Suggestions?
You might enjoy Andy Mackay's (former sax player for Roxy Music) solo album In Search of Eddie Riff. It's mostly songs with sax replacing the vocal part.
In Search of Eddie Riff (youtube playlist)
(And if you're also interested in non-jazz music with sax accompaniment, Mackay's sax playing on the first four Roxy albums and on their later Avalon disc is always wonderful).
posted by tenderly at 1:57 AM on October 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
In Search of Eddie Riff (youtube playlist)
(And if you're also interested in non-jazz music with sax accompaniment, Mackay's sax playing on the first four Roxy albums and on their later Avalon disc is always wonderful).
posted by tenderly at 1:57 AM on October 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
My friend has a project you might enjoy called dustlights.
posted by STFUDonnie at 4:35 AM on October 6, 2019
posted by STFUDonnie at 4:35 AM on October 6, 2019
Are you thinking more I Just Wanna Make Love To You or Fine and Mellow, or more Blues A Plenty or A Love Supreme? Or more modern/poppy than all of those?
posted by clawsoon at 5:30 AM on October 6, 2019
posted by clawsoon at 5:30 AM on October 6, 2019
Oops, I missed the "or" in your description. Scratch all of my suggestions except maybe the first one.
posted by clawsoon at 5:33 AM on October 6, 2019
posted by clawsoon at 5:33 AM on October 6, 2019
Moondog [Sax Pax for Sax] - Dog Trot. Not exclusively tenor, but the whole album is good.
posted by tintexas at 5:44 AM on October 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by tintexas at 5:44 AM on October 6, 2019 [1 favorite]
Rafferty's "Baker Street"?
posted by james33 at 6:21 AM on October 6, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by james33 at 6:21 AM on October 6, 2019 [3 favorites]
Yeah, “Baker Street’ is the first thing that came to mind.
posted by ejs at 8:02 AM on October 6, 2019
posted by ejs at 8:02 AM on October 6, 2019
Moon Hooch.
The band is two sax players and a drummer. No words - all horn, all the time.
Plenty of tenor, but also soprano, baritone and bass.
Repeat as necessary.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 9:34 AM on October 6, 2019
The band is two sax players and a drummer. No words - all horn, all the time.
Plenty of tenor, but also soprano, baritone and bass.
Repeat as necessary.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 9:34 AM on October 6, 2019
Your heart needs Throne of Gold by Steel Pulse -- it's reggae, with sax, and also one of the most beautiful love songs ever made.
posted by pH Indicating Socks at 10:08 AM on October 6, 2019
posted by pH Indicating Socks at 10:08 AM on October 6, 2019
Acker Bilk, Stranger on the Shore. This is from the 60s, but still in my head, and I hope it always will be.
posted by Enid Lareg at 1:19 PM on October 6, 2019
posted by Enid Lareg at 1:19 PM on October 6, 2019
David Newman's "Hard Times" (YT) is so wonderfully sax-melodic and generally upbeat that despite being jazz, I'm going to mention it, because I think one can like this this tune without liking jazz! Otherwise, I wouldn't remember it from a 25-year-old compilation CD.
posted by sylvanshine at 8:33 PM on October 6, 2019
posted by sylvanshine at 8:33 PM on October 6, 2019
You could try my friends the Blue Cranes. Definitely jazz based, but more of an experimental indie pop vibe?
posted by TheCoug at 6:28 PM on October 8, 2019
posted by TheCoug at 6:28 PM on October 8, 2019
Harden my Heart and other songs by Quarterflash
Careless Whisper by George Michael
posted by kristi at 6:28 PM on October 9, 2019
Careless Whisper by George Michael
posted by kristi at 6:28 PM on October 9, 2019
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posted by acidnova at 11:36 PM on October 5, 2019 [1 favorite]