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Kempokid 
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 Topic: Prog Songs Utilising Saxophone?Posted: November 06 2018 at 03:07 |
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I have quite an appreciation for songs that use saxophone in a meaningful way, as I find them to sound simply incredible. Are there any prog songs that do this well?
I've already heard quite a variety, such as: Caligula's Horse - Graves The entire discography of the Mars Volta and Thank You Scientist Native Construct - Passage All the Pink Floyd songs that involve the sax Van Der Graaf Generator Shining - Fisheye and the list goes on. What other songs or artists should I check out?
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 03:45 |
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Burning Red Ivanhoe, Keef Hartley Band, Audience come to mind
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 04:22 |
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Collectors - What Love (Suite)
Alquin - The Mountain Queen, The Dance and many others |
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 04:34 |
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21st Century Schizoid Man by KC. The first and best!
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 06:16 |
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Don't miss King Crimson's "One More Red Nightmare" from the Red album - awesome sax!
Also, love the sax in Gentle Giant's "The Moon is Down" from Acquiring The Taste Soft Machine's "Third" has some excellent sax on it from memory
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 06:26 |
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Rivers of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name is filled with great saxophone moments. Definitely recommended for those who like their technical prog metal with a twist!
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 06:56 |
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Hi,
I do NOT look at ANY music, because of one instrument or another. SPECIALLY PROGRESSIVE, which is not about the instrument (definition sux on that one!), but the complete musical design and its beauty. I find it sad, to think of one piece of music is this or that ... because of this or that ... It's not about the instrument ... it's about how it is integrated into the musical piece ... to be fair to the composer, you should not "see" or "hear" a saxophone ... you should hear a well done and put together piece of music! But song folks want their gueetar solo ... I hope more folks like Frank put the guitar down and conduct the concert ... maybe it will show these people what music is and isn't.
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 07:00 |
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Love the sax, and there's so much saxophone in a lot of the music I like. Didier Malherbe, Elton Dean, Lol Coxhill, Yochk'o Seffer Mel Collins, Dirk Engelhardt, and David Jackson are some of my favourites.
Zao - Isis Frank Zappa - The Gumbo Variations Henry Cow - Nirvana For Mice Gnidrolog - Social Embarrassment Xhol Caravan - Raise Up High Hatfield and the North -The Yes No Interlude Embryo - Revolution Pieree Henry and Urban Sax - Gate of Paradise (I consider it proggy) |
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 07:02 |
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 07:07 |
While yes it's important that a piece of music is well written, it's simply plain silly and quite ignorant to completely discount the idea of using different instruments to paint pictures with different tonal colours. Nobody's saying that a song is better with or without a saxophone, but sometimes it's interesting to hear the different uses of it and it will help someone discover new songs. I suppose you must think Maurice Ravel is a hack because he wrote a piece of music with only two melodies and decided that changing up the instrumentation with each repetition made enough variety for the piece to last around 15 minutes. What you're saying is about as silly as saying the only thing that matters in film is the script. Forget about the camera work, wardrobe, setting, acting abilities, lighting, none of that matters! Of course, good film makers will use all the factors to help tell their story.
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 07:11 |
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Another Day by Dream Theater
Jay Beckenstein of Spyro Gyra owned BearTracks Studios where DT was recording Images and Words at the time and he plays sax on this song.
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 07:49 |
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Nothing wrong with having a penchant for particular instruments and some music can fit certain instruments better than others. I love the saxophone, and love Comus' "The Return" (off of Out of the Coma), but I think that I would have preferred a different instrument in place of the sax in that song.
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 08:03 |
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The bands that come to mind for me are:
Gentle Giant (through Free Hand) Van der Graaf Generator Gong Audience King Crimson (early) Roxy Music Henry Cow Hawkwind Jethro Tull (Passion Play - War Child era).
Also jazzier groups like The Square (T-Square) and The Rippingtons.
Edited by Boojieboy - November 08 2018 at 15:42 |
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 08:08 |
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IQ for their SHOOTING ANGELS track.
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 09:26 |
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Supertramp's Fool's Overture (yeah, yeah, it's Crossover, but still great listening!)
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 09:39 |
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Frank Zappa (& the MOI). Frank regularly used sax. So regularly that it’s hard to pick out one piece in particular to highlight. I liked Napoleon Murphy Brock the best.
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 09:40 |
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A Live Album by Camel has Mel Collins on saxophone and some of the older songs are enhanced by the addition of sax IMO. Also check out Rain Dances by Camel.
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 11:15 |
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Forgot to mention Cardiacs with Sarah Smith on sax. As choice of song, I will go with "The Whole World Window".
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 12:04 |
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Jethro Tull's A Passion Play and War Child.
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Posted: November 06 2018 at 12:15 |
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I think of Mel Collins' contributions to Crimso' and Phil Manzanera/801. Was lucky enough to see him live with the 21st Century Schizoid Band.
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