Whatever happened to sax?

[avvie]

I can't edit the OP for some reason, but I should clarify that I was referring to pop and rock; obviously sax never left jazz

 

[bobba66]

Trombone is the future, and the future is trombone.

 

[Steadfast]

I haven’t gone away

 

[Pings Bass]

Mine's right here! My latest composition features alto sax in the lead. It never went anywhere in the jazz/latin worlds, though trumpets and trombones seem to jockey for the spotlight on the bandstand. Pop music seems more dominated by synth and samples these days, and I guess there's not much horn work happening in contemporary rock these days, not that there was ever much.

 

[OptimalOptimus]

I always hated stupid sax solo out of nowhere ... the sax is only there for solo.

 

[The Owl]

Loves me some bear-a-tone sax!

 

[5StringBlues]

Loves me some bear-a-tone sax!

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Birth of the Cool

 

[Blueinred]

Are we talkin' about "aural sax"?

Pretty sure it's still happenin'.

 

[The Owl]

The post-punk and no wave folks were not about to be left out of the action

 

[avvie]

Trombone is the future, and the future is trombone.

YES!!

 

[Michedelic]

I don’t care how they would blow, or how good their fingering was, there was just too much gratuitous sax back then. But I digress...
All hail the King...

 

[Michedelic]

Trombone is the future, and the future is trombone.

 

[DWBass]

There's plenty of sax in Smooth Jazz.

 

[packhowitzer]

 

[sonojono]

Nothing happened to Sax. At least to my knowledge with these two recordings I did that feature Sax solos circa 2019-2020

 

[Michedelic]

There's plenty of sax in Smooth Jazz.

That’s the problem...smooth jazz gave sax a bad name. On the other hand...

 

[BarfanyShart]

 

[chriss]

Thanks man, I really needed that There's nothing like watching cats who love performing and got the chops

 

[Michedelic]

The post-punk and no wave folks were not about to be left out of the action

Don’t forget Blurt...

But before that...

 

[avvie]

There's plenty of sax in Smooth Jazz.

Yes, of course; i was referring more to rock/pop genres. I couldnt edit my OP to reflect that though

 

[packhowitzer]

Thanks man, I really needed that There's nothing like watching cats who love performing and got the chops

His name is Leo P. Just search him on youtube and prepare to be in sax solo heaven.