The Great Sax Poll... How do you like your sax?

[MrScorpio]

Poll question: The Great Sax Poll... How do you like your sax?

Adolf Sax, Inventor of the Saxophone
1814-1894


Soprano


Alto


Tenor


Baritone


Bass

[sui generis]

1. alert the moderators! No sax threads!

Some moderator is probably going to lick this post.

[progmom]

2. I have an alto, a soprano & a tenor

I voted tenor - I think it's the sexiest - sounds closest to the human voice.

[no name no slogan]

7. I play alto, but I like the tenor best

Of course, I haven't touched one in years (quit actively playing in HS, when I got into the guitar), but I still like the tenor sound the best.

[Telly Savalas]

17. Moi aussi.

I used to have a nice old tenor, but it got killed in a car accident. (Never keep musical instruments in your trunk when driving in areas where drivers are confused about what brakes are.) Being a po' college student at the time the insurance cash all went towards replacing the vehicle and not the sax. :(

I dig Bird and Lou Donaldson, but most of the Sax Gods I worship play the tenor.

[immoderate]

3. Couldn't find a bass sax? Or an old C-Melody?

I have a Dizzy Gillespie track which has Charlie Ventura playing a bass sax solo, sounds cool.

More than the sax it's who is playing it. For me it's mostly Coltrane, or Paul Gonzalves, or Johnny Hodges.

I also like Johnny Griffin, Jackie McClean, Marshall Allen, Abraham Burton, Bird, Newk, Prez, and Cannonball. Special mention of Earl Bostic and Junior Walker and Lucky Thompson for R&B fans.

--IMM

[MrScorpio]

5. I found one for you

It's on

[immoderate]

8. Saxophonus interruptus?

Where?

On edit: Oh! I see it. That is waaayyyy cool. Thank you!
--IMM

[Snap]

11. Nice Selection

I have a real ol Conn C melody, I had to have it for how nice it's put together, it has a bit of the kazoo sound.

I have a King alto (I can't remember the model, it's overseas) that is sweet and light.

But mainly an ol Balanced Action with a rubber Selmer C that I like very much.

Bobby Rockwell with a Danish B3 player is coming to the Artist Quarter in St. Paul next weekend, should be delicious.

[immoderate]

12. You remind me that the "Incredible" Jimmy Smith just passed.

His Hammond was a good friend to many saxes and guitars. I will miss him.

--IMM

[Zuni]

15. Junior Walker!

Junior Walker rox!

[Ellen Forradalom]

4. With violins.

It's the American way.

[BlueJazz]

6. I wonder how many folks who look at those Saxes know that they

....cost more than a lot of brand-new cars? (combined))

[ET Awful]

10. Hehehe, too true.

Same goes for trumpets (which you'd think would be a lot cheaper since they're so much simpler, but you can still spend thousands on a good trumpet).

[ET Awful]

9. I like my sax on the beach.

And I like it well played. There's nothing worse than sloppy sax.

[Astrochimp]

13. The one that makes..........

hot blondes dance and started undresssing in 50-60's B movies.

[Zuni]

14. Alto or Tenor

Charlie Parker played alto.

[B Calm]

16. I like a President that can play a sax!

[HamstersFromHell]

18. Played a King Alto myself

From 5th grade thru graduating high school.

Hocked it to go to college, for what all *that* was worth. :(

[Wapsie B]

19. I like my sax

with a little Dexter Gordon on tenor






and Phil Woods on alto

[immoderate]

20. That's a good line up.

You are afflicted with good taste.

--IMM

[Wapsie B]

21. Thanks!

[TheMightyFavog]

22. Contrabass!