What's your favourite songs with sax in it?

[Rev. Rye]

As someone with an enormous music collection, with quite a few jazz recordings, I may as well sort this by type of saxophone:

Soprano:
The single performance that brought the soprano sax to prominence in the jazz world.




Alto:
Charlie Parker had a nervous breakdown shortly after recording this track. At the time, he was so intoxicated that the producer had to tell him to blow. If you listen really close, you can hear it. Still doesn't take away from its power.




C-Melody Saxophone:
Most have never heard of the C melody sazophone, but it was originally marketed to be the main sax for popular music, but for Great Depression-related reasons, the Bb and Eb standard keys designed for marching bands overtook it. There have been very rare attempts at restarting production of the C melody saxophone, but they never last long.




I'll include a tenor, baritone, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk performance (who uses ALL OF THEM) in the next post. I can't do them now, because of the three-video-per-post limit.