# Songs that prominently feature a baritone saxophone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 22, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974 "2013-12-22T21:49:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jaguars](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaguars/32/5879_2.png) [@Jaguars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaguars)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/1 "2013-12-22T21:49:45Z")
As far as I know, most popular music that uses saxophones use alto or tenor instruments. I’m curious as to what a baritone sounds like in a band. Please, post some examples 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/2 "2013-12-22T21:54:14Z")
Eurythmics ‎– Right By Your Side Baritone Saxophone – Martin Dobson ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/3 "2013-12-22T22:11:20Z")
Good lord - you want to listen to Morphine for rock and Gerry Mulligan for jazz. Morphine - mobile links [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JW4iRcv2JGc/hqdefault.jpg "Morphine - Have a Lucky Day") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW4iRcv2JGc) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pKtDxX_Gzts/maxresdefault.jpg "Morphine- Honey White") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKtDxX_Gzts) Gerry Mulligan - [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Kg5IzYerdRE/hqdefault.jpg "Gerry Mulligan Quartet 1958.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg5IzYerdRE) ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/4 "2013-12-22T22:13:33Z")
It isn’t a hit song, but [The Anchor Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IyoLPvFU5Y) by Bjork is just vocals and saxes. One of those is a baritone, right? ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/5 "2013-12-22T22:19:40Z")
Frank Zappa: Joe’s Garage [Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage + Lyrics - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oH8u9PxWJo) ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/6 "2013-12-22T22:23:20Z")
[Morphine- Honey White](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKtDxX_Gzts) [The Seatbelts - Too Good Too Bad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUTMw7rEsDk) (sax really picks up around 1:34) dang, ninja’d by **WordMan!** ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/7 "2013-12-22T22:33:52Z")
Los Lobos use bari sax a lot, though I’m not familiar enough with their discography to cite a good example. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/8 "2013-12-22T22:51:29Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Good lord - you want to listen to Morphine for rock and Gerry Mulligan for jazz. > > Morphine - mobile links > [http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JW4iRcv2JGc&desktop\_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DJW4iRcv2JGc](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JW4iRcv2JGc&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DJW4iRcv2JGc) > [http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pKtDxX\_Gzts&desktop\_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DpKtDxX\_Gzts](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pKtDxX_Gzts&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DpKtDxX_Gzts) > > Gerry Mulligan - > [http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg5IzYerdRE](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg5IzYerdRE) Holy Crap **Word Man** , I did not know about Gerry Mulligan at all. Thank you, Thank you **Capt** I just finished listening to this piece of awesome [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G\_L38xDQANU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_L38xDQANU) ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/9 "2013-12-22T23:41:20Z")
Simon and Garfunkel’s [Baby Driver](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeqUUNHwAl8) has a bit of bari sax in it - around 1:40, you can here the baritone driving the bass line along with what I think is a tenor sax. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/10 "2013-12-22T23:43:57Z")
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas - [(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k0GDQrK2jo) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/11 "2013-12-22T23:58:37Z")
> [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > Holy Crap **Word Man** , I did not know about Gerry Mulligan at all. > > Thank you, Thank you > > **Capt** > > I just finished listening to this piece of awesome > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G\_L38xDQANU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_L38xDQANU) Oh yeah; his work with Paul Desmond is great. And I have a cd where he plays with Ben Webster that is amazing… ---
**Author:** ![Jaguars](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaguars/32/5879_2.png) [@Jaguars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaguars)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/12 "2013-12-23T00:59:30Z")
Thanks! I’m not much for Jazz, but I liked that first Gerry Mulligan piece- It shows off a really smooth upper register - doesn’t squawk like the smaller ones do! Feel free to post more! 😃 E: > [@Sodalite](#): > > [The Seatbelts - Too Good Too Bad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUTMw7rEsDk) (sax really picks up around 1:34) > dang, ninja’d by **WordMan!** This also really grooves! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/13 "2013-12-23T02:45:35Z")
["Rodney’s bass saxophone solo as promised](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aolMV0oNCBE#t=01m00s)" from “My Pink Half of the Drainpipe” by the Bonzo Dog Band. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/14 "2013-12-23T03:02:43Z")
Jimmy Buffett - Saxophones. They’re even referred to in the lyrics, although the original recording featured alto saxes instead of the correct baritones. JB finally re-recorded it with the correct instrument a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/15 "2013-12-23T03:12:24Z")
“Suits Are Picking Up The Bill” by the Squirrel Nut Zippers ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/16 "2013-12-23T06:07:39Z")
[Rehab](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUmZp8pR1uc) - Amy Winehouse. [In the Midnight Hour](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGVGFfj7POA) - Wilson Pickett ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/17 "2013-12-23T09:00:02Z")
Harry Carney played bari sax in Duke Ellington’s orchestra. Here he is on [Sophisticated Lady](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brqxEdwsTQs). ---
**Author:** ![LynnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/18 "2013-12-23T12:25:06Z")
“Desert Skies” by The Marshall Tucker Band ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/19 "2013-12-23T13:05:03Z")
[David Bowie, “Modern Love”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKvH3K5Qoq0) (bari sax solo at 1:58) ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974/20 "2013-12-23T13:24:05Z")
Return To Sender by Elvis Presley has a prominent baritone sax part played by Boots Randolph of Yakety Sax fame. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-prominently-feature-a-baritone-saxophone/676974.md?page=2)