Before the sax solo became a punchline in the 1980’s, the saxophone enjoyed its start influencing 50’s rock n roll with jazz. The saxophone had a harsher quality in early rock n roll music with players and influencers like King Curtis and Boots Randolph producing a more syncopated and distorted sound to fit in with the relatively new electric instruments.
Features: King Curtis, Bill Haley and His Comets, Buddy Holly, The Hollywood Flames, Dion, the Diamonds, Darlene Love, Fats Domino, The Del-Vikings, Clyde McPhatter, The Edsels, The Platters, The Five Satins, Frankie Ford, The Coasters, Sam Cooke, and LaVern Baker.
