Name your favorite sax solo.

All of Charlie Parker's solo's on "Bird With Strings". Out of all of the fantastic saxmen that have gone after Bird, he is still the king.

In addition to all of the great saxmen already mentioned, I would like to add "Pepper Adams". He is one of the least mentioned and greatest baritone saxmen ever. I suppose that's because his best work has been as a "sideman" with Donald Byrd.

On "Byrd in Hand", a Blue Note LP that I had to pay $35. for because it was unavailable on CD, can now be had for $8. on CD. Pepper Adams solo on the tune "Here I Am", is probably the best ever on baritone sax. If you hear it, you will never forget it.

I can not believe no one has mentioned "Gene Ammons". He was a contemporary of Bird and Miles, who he played with at various times; and in my jazz circles he is equally well known.

"Jug" (short for jug head) has blown so many dynamite solo's that I would go crazy trying to pick one, but I will choose "Angel Eyes". The truth is, I vacillate between "Angel Eyes" by him and "Angel Eyes" by Hank Crawford; they both played tenor. Newbies can get an education from these threads. My favorite sax solo changes from one day to the next.

"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" evokes a picture of a despondent man walking down a deserted sidewalk on a deserted street in the black of night; he is looking down, moving in the dejected rhythm of the music. Handy's haunting solo completes this picture.