[buccaneer81]

Grover Washington Jr.
Steely Dan

[ElayneJ]

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take 5

[donna]

No solo but they get some camera time:

Thinking ‘Bout Somethin’ (Hanson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmG0DqhfDbY

[drierice]

Is it an alto or a tenor sax? (I doubt it’s a soprano or baritone.) Tons of great players on each.

Tenor suggestions include John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, alto players - Charlie Parker, Phil Woods, Paul Desmond, etc., etc..

[circlecity]

The greatest sax solo ever can be found on Duke Ellington’s “Diminuendo and Cresendo” from “Live at the ‘56 Newport Jazz festival”. What was supposed to be a two bar sax interlude turns into a 20 minute purely improvosational sax solo that just COOKS. It added 20 years to Ellington’s career which was essentially over until this magic night. The sax player in question was Paul Gonsalves.

[Hugin]

Bobby Keyes discography here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Keys

Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’ is one of my faves. Nice live version here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3cOyW0TPbI

[Tennessee Nana]

Kenny G

[DemforBush]

From the Rock and Pop arena:

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF5dtePX5Jk

Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksa4VjKE3RY

Glenn Frey - I found Somebody - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v2GtfhSGjE

Glenn Frey - You Belong to the City - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ueaD22hg8

You might also look at some of bands that were part of the “Swing Revival” scene of the late 1990’s (Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, etc) or the various ska bands out there. Some of those tunes have themes or lyrics that might not be appropriate for a 10 year old, though.

Hope this helps a bit!

[Cboldt]

In the Rock genre, some Supertramp and Pink Floyd songs use a saxophone to nice effect.

[wideawake]

Lester Young's Kansas City Sessions are very accessible, with his marvelous saxophone playing standing out nicely in a small group session. And Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus features a lot of enjoyable saxophone by Booker Ervin at his best. Lastly, anything by Stan Getz, especially Getz/Gilberto showcases his beautiful, intelligent playing.

[Keith in Iowa]

Candy Dulfer.

[PzLdr]

King Curtis, Red Sears

[trimom]

Clarence Clemmons

Boots Randolph

My brother played sax....

[mrsdeb]

For tenor, Coleman Hawkins:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps1j88rh9-0&feature=related

For alto, Richie Cole:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqbpwHxpOZM
(takes about a minute and a half to get going)

And this classic from Woody Herman’s Second Herd by Zoot Sims, Serge Chaloff, Herbie Steward, and Stan Getz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYZ55cnzMCs

sigh...I could listen to this stuff all day long.

[Revolting cat!]

One

Three.

[ceprise]

Check out Candy Dulfer. She was 18 years old when she played “Lili was Here”, a duet with Dave Stewart that became a cross-over pop hit. Her website features a sax education page:

http://www.candydulfer.nl/site/eng/

[bgill]

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=509415&content=music

Artist recordings are fine but are a fantasy at this age. This is what she’ll be playing in a few years at school.

[Bean Counter]

Anything by Candy Dulfer...

[ceprise]

Check out Candy Dulfer. She was 18 years old when she played “Lili was Here”, a duet with Dave Stewart that became a cross-over pop hit. Her website features a sax education page:

http://www.candydulfer.nl/site/eng/

[ceprise]

Check out Candy Dulfer. She was 18 years old when she played “Lili was Here”, a duet with Dave Stewart that became a cross-over pop hit. Her website features a sax education page:

http://www.candydulfer.nl/site/eng/