The Saxophone

Various Artists

Impulse

A 3 LP set described as "A Critical Analytic Guide to the Major Trends in the Development of the Contemporary Saxophone Tradition".

Tracks

• Body and Soul - Benny Carter
• All the Things You Are - Don Byas
• Stardust - Sonny Stitt and Paul Gonsalves
• Three Little Words - Sonny Rollins
• I Let a Song Go out of My Heart / Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Johnny Hodges
• Someone to Watch Over Me - Ben Webster
• Out of This World - John Coltrane
• Rufus (Swung His Face to the Wind, Then His Neck Snapped) - Archie Shepp
• Jumpin' With Symphony Sid - Lester Young
• Confirmation - Charlie Parker
• Mendacity - Max Roach
• Song for Ché - Ornette Coleman
• Offering - John Coltrane
• Mantra - Alice Coltrane
• Gettin' on Way - Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet
• T 'n A Blues - McCoy Tyner
• Ghosts - Albert Ayler
• Prelude I / Waterfall I - John Klemmer
• Once Upon a Time (A Children's Tale) - Marion Brown
• Innerconnection - Dewey Redman
• Encore - Sam Rivers
• Encontros - Gato Barbieri