The Joy of Sax: Sax Solos in 80s Music
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The Joy of Sax: Sax Solos in 80s Music

By Julie Anderson When I signed up for seventh grade band in the fall of 1984, I desperately wanted to play the saxophone. Forget flute or piccolo or clarinet, the girly instruments: I wanted to wail on a tenor sax. They seemed mature, expressive, and totally sexy. Something a girl might play in a smoky jazz bar, sporting a slinky black dress and dark Wayfarers. Alas, my parents put the kibosh on my saxophone dreams and insisted on...

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