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Name your favorite sax solo.

My personal favorite is Coleman Hawkins playing over Mood Indigo on Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse). Gotta be one of the best things ever recorded. Melodic, technincal, beautiful... He was awsome even when he was just mailing it in. You can never have too much Hawk!
grimace
chashmal
605 posts
 
Either Coltrane Live at the half-Note on the tune "One up One down"

or

John Gilmore from Sun Ra's "Magic City"

rockadanny
1,226 posts
 
Me (tenor) doing Pink Panther solo live, 1972, in front of 750 screaming high school twits. Man, I rocked. (I cannot say for sure whether they were screaming, a la Beatle-crazy fans, or screaming laughter. Maybe both? Likely not.)
r_burke
212 posts
 
Didn't see John Klemmer, but didn't open every response. I personally like his work on Touch
newton
110 posts
 
How about this one: there's a wild long solo on a song on Don Ellis:Live at the Filmore. I don't recall the song's name but it was wild and loose as was the whole concert that night. Those who know Don Ellis will know what I mean. Sorry I don't have the name at my fingertips.
martykl
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Coleman Hawkins has so many beyond "Body & Soul". "Self Portrait" from the "Meets Duke Ellington" album and virtually all of "Hawk Flies High" come to mind. Also Cannonball Adderly has a bunch of great ones, but I particularly like "Can't Get Started" from the Nancy Wilson LP. Boy, there are a lot out there.
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