# Your Favourite Rock/Pop/Jazz numbers with prominent brass section **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 6, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888 "2020-11-06T08:38:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/61 "2020-11-17T18:35:49Z")
Sorry. I was looking at multiple Morphine vids. Posted the wrong one. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h6naQ195c_k/hqdefault.jpg "Morphine "Radar" "The only one"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6naQ195c_k) ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/62 "2020-11-17T18:45:42Z")
Ah - that’s the ticket! j ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/63 "2020-11-18T02:21:04Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > can you call it a solo if he’s playing two instruments at once? Or a duet? 🙂 Speaking of multi-taskers (here on sax and clarinet with Colosseum), there’s [Dick Heckstall-Smith.](https://youtu.be/bKdjcar9fr0?t=29) ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/64 "2020-11-18T02:36:11Z")
Streetlight Manafesto has an amazingly talented horn section I dig their cover of [Keasby Nights](https://youtu.be/Sk9RRnpFg24) Of bands I’ve seen live, I’ve been most impressed with [Reel Big Fish](https://youtu.be/ox2mpOiUUmc). ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/65 "2020-11-18T02:39:42Z")
Missed edit window oops - forgot - this totally rules my world even more than the Stones’ “Rocks Off”… George Harrison’s [“What is Life”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XFfUt7HQWM) Also best post-Beatles number IMNSHO. ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/66 "2020-11-18T02:56:28Z")
Al Green, Love and Happiness. The horns are my favorite part of an all around perfect recording. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rqqAnjY2Rmo/hqdefault.jpg "Al Green - Love and Happiness") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqqAnjY2Rmo) ---
**Author:** ![Temporary\_Name](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Temporary\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temporary_Name)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/67 "2020-11-18T16:45:25Z")
Some covers of previously posted tunes from the other side of the world: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9_torOTK5qc/maxresdefault.jpg "25 or 6 to 4 – Chicago (Leonid & Friends сover)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_torOTK5qc) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/D5XmUnYW5Ks/maxresdefault.jpg "September - Leonid & Friends (Earth, Wind & Fire cover)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5XmUnYW5Ks) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NwxeiiHu6ws/maxresdefault.jpg "Mongonucleosis – Leonid & Friends (Chicago cover)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwxeiiHu6ws) My sincere thanks to whomever it was on this Message Board who introduced me to these musicians. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/68 "2020-11-18T22:23:57Z")
Nice - I’m no expert, but are you sure that isn’t a [soprano sax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soprano_saxophone) rather than a clarinet? These examples of polysaxophony are intriguing, but I wouldn’t want to derail the thread - so with that in mind I started a separate one on [impressive examples of of musicians playing two instruments at the same time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressive-examples-of-musicians-playing-two-instruments-at-the-same-time/925926/2). It would be great if you and @Paintcharge could repost your examples there - I don’t want to steal your thunder. j ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/69 "2020-11-21T17:49:57Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > Nice - I’m no expert, but are you sure that isn’t a [soprano sax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soprano_saxophone) rather than a clarinet? Good observation - I’d go with that. Captain Beefheart’s [When I See Mommy I feel Like a Mommy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Iy71Qwe6E) features sax, crazy trombone and (I think) tuba. Absolutely beatific. As sweet and lyrical as it gets. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/70 "2020-11-21T17:59:44Z")
Great example, but one little nitpick: it’s called “When I See Mommy I Feel Like A _Mummy_”. Makes a difference 😁. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/71 "2020-11-21T18:02:26Z")
Might have been mentioned already, but **Spoon** came on the stereo last night with _Underdog_ and made me think of this thread. **Cake** has some good horn work, too. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/72 "2020-11-21T18:34:07Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Great example, but one little nitpick: it’s called “When I See Mommy I Feel Like A _Mummy_ ”. Makes a difference 😁. Ah yes - indeed, does a make a difference. 🙂 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JEAewp-GVQ4/maxresdefault.jpg "Damned for All Time") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEAewp-GVQ4) Straight-ahead, punchy brass in Scratch Acid’s “Damned For All Time.” (uh _yeah_ - might as well link stuff like that, from here on.) Heh, I love me some David Yow (except for his burping and farting tendencies, in person), but his singing doesn’t even _compare_, there, to Carl Anderson’s, in the original. (which, of course, is to be expected, but still, pretty funny in that regard…) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/73 "2020-11-21T18:59:47Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > **Cake** has some good horn work, too. Good one! One of the few rock bands with a steady trumpet player. Two examples: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkiQgoB8k1s) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj1Kx7AI_rw) My submission: many of the best songs by Van Morrison had great brass sections, for instance: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pN06X_IEIVA/maxresdefault.jpg "Van Morrison - Bright Side of the Road (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN06X_IEIVA) ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/74 "2020-11-21T23:00:05Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kQZLtSbq0yc/maxresdefault.jpg "Paul Simon - Late In The Evening (Live from Central Park, 1991)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQZLtSbq0yc) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uq-gYOrU8bA/maxresdefault.jpg "Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bA) ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888/75 "2020-11-23T03:32:02Z")
Wait a minute, It took 75 posts to get to this one? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Fowldx4hRtI/hqdefault.jpg "Sam and Dave - Hold On, I'm Coming") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fowldx4hRtI) ---
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In a similar vein: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FX5T9GvSnbY/hqdefault.jpg "THE MAR-KEYS - Last Night") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX5T9GvSnbY) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BpI1fcJdFrA/maxresdefault.jpg "Soul Finger - Bar-Kays (1967)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpI1fcJdFrA) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-rock-pop-jazz-numbers-with-prominent-brass-section/924888.md?page=3)