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| CMelodyMan |
Good Rock & Roll SoundIYHO, what is a good sound for rock&roll? |
| altosaxgeek5 |
IMHO... Sanborn. No question. I still need to check out David Bowie's 'Young Americans' album... Sanborn's all over that. |
| John Laughter |
CMelodyMan, in addition to Sanborn, there are several hundred more that you will want to listen to in the future. If you will send an email I will forward a 63 page list of Billboard Top 40 hits from "The History of Top 40 Saxophone Solos-1955-2005" which feature many styles of rock/pop/funk sax playing. You can download many of the hits and get an idea of the various styles and techniques that have been used through the years. JSAXL@aol.com |
| CMelodyMan |
Thanks for the offer, John...this thread is kind of old. I already have the list(you e-mailed it to me a few days ago)  Great to have..LOTS of good info. 
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| John Laughter |
Glad you got the list. |
| JPSaxMan |
John,
Would you mind sending it over? My e-mail address is in my profile 
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| saxmaniac |
I am also interested....my email is in my profile. I'd like to name a few of my personal favorites
Boots Randolph Kenny G. LOL 
Chuck Rio(you can't reallt call tequila a rock and rool song(more like latin) he is a great saxophonist anyway King Curtis Billy Vaughn |
| Tully |
Mind sending one more?
My e-mail address is in my profile as well. Thanks! |
| altosax4ever |
Same here!
Thanks! |
| CMelodyMan |
John, with al the requests you get for the list, maybe you should consider charging money for it. 
Actually, I think you do have a similar version of that list with a CD for around $11, right? |
| John Laughter |
Hey, I am sorry that I missed your posts. I tried to find an email on the profile but unable to locate it. When I click on email it gives me a private message box and the list is too large to send via a private message.
Send an email to me at JSAXL@aol.com and I will forward the free 63-page list. Glad to. CMelodyMan, that is correct. We have a CD version of "The History of Top 40 Saxophone Solos-1955-2005" that is up to 311 pages and full of bios, photos and and historical points. I can forward info about that as well with the email so contact me and I will return the above list as an attachment. |
| jules |
best rock & roll sax tone/sound in my opinion came from a 'not really' rock & roll player- namely Sam Butera from Louis Prima's band- check our their version of Saint Louis Blues, or Buena Sera Senorina. |
| John Laughter |
jules, I totally agree. One of my first inspirations was seeing Sam in a movie that was filmed at Lake Tahoe in the 50s. The Prima band was playing at a resort and brought the house down. Butera's sound and stage energy has stayed in my mind since that movie! Anyone looking for a strong energy filled show stopping tenor player should find the old movies or purchase the recordings and enjoy.
http://smart90.com/sambutera http://members.tripod.com/~bigbaddaddyo/butera.html |
| jules |
Actually I've never seen film footage of the guy, got any titles I can look out for? |
| John Laughter |
http://www.wings.to/rarevid/hbhg.htm
http://search.ebay.com/louis-prima-dvd_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8 |
| jules |
Cheers for that- one louis prima DVD coming my way from ebay!! Woo Hoo!! |