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Fassbinder 
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 Posted: July 26 2006 at 10:24 |
BTW, Ian Anderson played sax in A Passion Play.
There is some excellent sax playing in Czeslaw Niemen albums (by different saxophonists).
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BaldFriede
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 10:16 |
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Also the German bands Brainstorm and Guru Guru (around the mid 70s).
Roland Schaeffer played in both. He not only plays sax though, but also
electric guitar, on which he is equally proficient. An unusual
combination.
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 09:44 |
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Gnidrolog - Lady Lake is a saxfans wet dream ! And check out later Camel (Only Raindances i guess) and some King Crimson. (The track Starless for example).. Colosseum - Valentyne Suite is also a masterpiece and has a lot of awesome sax.
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the man machine
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 09:18 |
 krring wrote:
One track which simply makes me love sax is the Gumbo Variations from Frank Zappa's Hot Rats. I'd say it's definitely worth basing your style on that. |
aye, that track has one of my favorite little bits of sax on it . definately worth checking out. mel collins is great on all king crimson albums especially islands. of course you cannot forget mr bungle 
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zbida
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 09:04 |
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ROXY MUSIC. A lot of Andy McKay's sax.
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alan_pfeifer
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 08:54 |
Jaga Jazzist.
In all seriousness, if they aren't a Fusion band then the Fusion genre is sorely missing them.
The albums A Livingroom Hush and The Stix both feature very good saxwork, as does their Magazine Ep. What we Must has decidedly less woodwinds on it, but I would still reccomend it regardless.
Naked City by John Zorn seems to have some good sax playing.
3rd, I would say look into the 2nd Miles Davis Quintet with Wayne Shorter on sax. Phenomenal material there.
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M. B. Zapelini
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 07:30 |
Try Colosseum (not Colosseum II) with the aforementioned Dick Heckstall-Smith.
It's not prog, but you may find Mark-Almond very interesting (please do not confuse with Marc Almond, former Soft Cell vocalist - this was a band formed by Jon Mark and Johnny Almond, both from John Mayall's "The Turning Point" band).
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"He's a man of the past and one of the present"
PETER HAMMILL
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 06:48 |
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I haven't, the late Dick Heckstall-Smith was an amazing sax player and one that people seem to forget.
Although not prog, do try out: The Keef Hartley Band
Their albums are full of sax and flute.
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Fassbinder
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 06:41 |
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Oh, it seems that everybody's forgotten Colosseum...
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eugene
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 06:34 |
Apart from all mentionned very well known bands, I would definitely recommend you to try following outstanding modern groups, which simply are amazing and containing lots of sax parts in their music:
Taylor's Universe with Karsten Vogel - "Experimental Health"
French TV - any
The Addison Project - "Mood swings"
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S Lang
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 06:24 |
I can't go past Mel Collins - as usual. He played with Camel, KC, Clannad, Bad Company, Chris Squire, Phil Manzanera, Richard Wright and countess of others.His involvement on most projects represented a highlight of the albums, often brilliantly uplifting of songs. Start with KC - Red.
Yeah, Soft Machine, from "Third" and onwards. Traffic were great, too.
IF with Dick Morrissey and Colosseum with Dick Heckstall-Smith are not to be ignored either. Didier Malherbe in Gong is worthy of attention, especially when playing live.
Back Door is not on the Archives - yet. Embryo is, sometimes featuring Charlie Mariano.
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Tony Fisher
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 06:12 |
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SOLUTION!!!!!!!
Cordon Bleu and Fully Interlocking have some sax to die for.
Also, Gentle Giant, Golden Earring (I think they're prog, especially Moontan), Camel with Mel Collins (Fingertips is quite amazing).
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Sean Trane
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 05:27 |
AKA MOON
Jazz rock trio with a saxman as soloist.
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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krring
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 05:15 |
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One track which simply makes me love sax is the Gumbo Variations from Frank Zappa's Hot Rats. I'd say it's definitely worth basing your style on that.
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Syzygy
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 05:05 |
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Lots of good suggestions so far. I'd also recommend Kraan's early albums, which were recorded as a guitar/bass/alto sax/drums quartet. The 1975 Live album is a masterpiece, and Johannes Pappert used effects pedals to coax all manner of interesting sounds from his horn.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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eloii
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 04:41 |
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Gong - Magick Mother Invocation
Gnidrolod - Lady Lake
Hawkwind - The Golden Void
Soft Machine - Out-Bloody-Rageous
VDGG - MeurglysIII
Circus - Movin' On, Dawn
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MattiR
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 04:35 |
Gentle Giant 
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Man Overboard
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 03:41 |
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The Flower Kings have several tracks with excellent sax.
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BaldFriede
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 03:23 |
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As to Gong: All albums of the "Radio Gnome" trilogy have sax in them,
as well as "Shamal", "Gazeuse!", "Camembert Electrique", "Magic
Brother", "Continental Circus", "Live etc.", "Gong Est Mort - Vive
Gong", "Live at Sheffield", "Live on TV" and "Live au Bataclan". Listen
to the two free mp3s in the database ("Isle of Everywhere" and "Oily
Way"); there is a lot of sax in both. Oh, and be patient with "Isle of
Everywhere"; the sax enters after about two minutes or so and has a
long solo then.
Edited by BaldFriede - July 26 2006 at 03:34
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The Ryan
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Posted: July 26 2006 at 03:17 |
Chicago - VII
Discipline - Unfolded Staircase
The Tangent's Career
The Flower Kings - Unfold The Future
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