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Best Saxophone Songs
November 6, 2014
Blog
Column
Writer: Georgina Walker (Mnemonic)

A List
 

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

Roadrunner

Junior Walker & the All Stars

Fastandbulbousgotme

2

A Whiter Shade of Pale

King Curtis

BigE65

3

Hey Leroy, Your Mama's Callin' You

Jimmy Castor

attwilightlarks

4

Fun House

The Stooges

BeltwayBandit

5

Sax Battle in NYC Subway

Unknown

Oldiebutgoodie

6

Judges

Colin Stetson

severin

7

Terry's Cha-Cha

John Cale

dave56

8

La Calatrava

Parov Stelar Trio ft Michael Wittner

untergunther

9

Utras Horas

Orchestra Baobab

Makinavaja

10

The Gumbo Variations

Frank Zappa

lulusbackintown

11

Saltash Bells

John Surman

nilpferd

12

Machine Gun

Peter Brötzmann Octet

viennesewaltzer

B List
 

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

Sax and Violence

The Muppets

BeltwayBandit

2

Brown Sugar

The Rolling Stones

BlackCombe

3

Original Faubus Fables

Charles Mingus

avenir

4

Stand Down Margaret

English Beat

llamalpaca

5

Walk on the Wild Side

Lou Reed

swawilg

6

Charlie Brown

The Coasters

gordonimmel

7

Skaravan

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra

HoshinoSakura

8

Been So Strange

Ezra Furman

SkippyisaCult

9

Cagney & Lacey Theme

Bill Conti

BeltwayBandit

10

Shake It Off

Taylor Swift

Pairubu

11

Your Latest Trick

Dire Straits

BeltwayBandit

12

Laura

Don Byas

nilpferd

13

Tezeta & Muziqa Heywete

Getatchew Mekurya

steenbeck

14

Vula Bops

West Nkosi & his Alto Sax

magicman

15

Careless Whisper

George Michael

swawilg

16

Night Boat to Cairo

Madness

llamalpaca

17

Parce Mihi Domine

The Hilliard Ensemble ft Jan Garbarek

BeltwayBandit

18

Tread on the Trail

Terry Riley & the Delta Saxophone Quartet

BeltwayBandit

19

Richard Pryor Addresses a Tearful Nation

Joe Henry

swawilg

20

Ne, ted' ne!

Mnága a Ždorp

Dunnyboy

21

The House That Love Built

Soweto Kinch

BlackCombe

22

Mildew

Johnny Griffin

FunkBrother69

23

India!

The Thing

viennesewaltzer

24

Next Stop Soweto

Abdullah Ibrahim

vikingbones

25

Listen Here

Eddie Harris

nilpferd

26

Virginia Plain

Roxy Music

Makinavaja

27

Flamenco Sketches

Miles Davis

salfordexile66

28

The Snake Decides

Evan Parker

viennesewaltzer

29

Birds

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
ft Marius Neset

nilpferd

30

Tupelo Honey

Van Morrison

simonsaint

31

Don't Land on Me

Knifeworld

Kalyr

32

The Train and the River

Jimmy Giuffre

Dean Haigh

33

The Circle With a Hole in the Middle

Ornette Coleman

BeltwayBandit

34

Midnight Ska

Reggie Msomi

magicman

35

Le Chant des Ténčbres

Thierry Escaich

nilpferd

36

Spirit of the West

The Yellowjackets

BlackCombe

37

Moanin'

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers

7hairs7knots

38

Where Are You?

Ben Webster

barofsky

39

The Man With the Red Face

Laurent Garnier

swawilg

40

The Inflated Tear

Roland Kirk

blackshadow

41

Will You

Hazel O'Connor

gordonimmel

42

Baker Street

Gerry Rafferty

gordonimmel

 

 

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