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World Saxophone Quartet

World Saxophone Quartet
Photo: Andy Newcombe Farnborough, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0

About the artist

The World Saxophone Quartet is an avant-garde jazz group founded in 1977, implementing elements of free funk and African jazz into their musical routines. The original members were Julius Hemphill (alto and soprano saxophone, flute), Oliver Lake (alto and soprano saxophone), Hamiet Bluiett (baritone saxophone, alto clarinet), and David Murray (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet). The first three had worked together as members of the Black Artists' Group in St.

Top songs

  1. Cairo Blues
  2. The Holy Men
  3. Steppin'
  4. Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Church
  5. lush life
  6. In A Sentimental Mood
  7. Prelude To A Kiss
  8. Hattie Wall
  9. Take The "A" Train
  10. Come Sunday
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  1. sophisticated lady
  2. Yes we can
  3. Hal's Blues
  4. I Heard That
  5. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
  6. Political Blues
  7. Metamorphosis
  8. Mannish Boy
  9. Suffering With The Blues
  10. Freedom
  11. Amazin' Disgrace
  12. Seven Steps to Heaven
  13. Blue Diamond
  14. For the Love of Money
  15. Let's Have Some Fun
  16. Take The "A" Train - Edit
  17. Little Wing
  18. Hey Joe
  19. Lullaby
  20. Night Train
  21. Harlem
  22. Let's Get It On
  23. Sundance
  24. Jest A Little
  25. Breath Of Life
  26. Foxey Lady
  27. Revue
  28. Africa
  29. Fast Life
  30. Take The "A" Train (Edit)
  31. Spy on Me Blues
  32. Try a Little Tenderness
  33. Nemesis
  34. Picasso
  35. Machine Gun
  36. Loopology
  37. Hymn for the Old Year
  38. Ra-Ta-Ta
  39. The Wind Cries Mary
  40. If 6 Was 9
  41. Su Mama Ah Zumu
  42. Ballad for the Black Man
  43. Dou Dou N'Daiye Rose
  44. You Don't Know Me
  45. Ming
  46. Dakar Darkness
  47. Freddie Freeloader
  48. Little Samba
  49. Slide
  50. The Angel of Pain
  51. All Blues
  52. Deb
  53. Lo Chi Lo
  54. Suga
  55. Blue in Green
  56. Selim
  57. Pillars Latino
  58. Connections
  59. Affairs of the Heart
  60. Love Like Sisters
  61. Plain Song
  62. Dream Scheme
  63. Hearts
  64. Song For Camille
  65. Tutu
  66. Masai Warriors Dance
  67. Hear My Train A Comin'
  68. Colors
  69. For Now
  70. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
  71. Feed the People
  72. The River Niger
  73. Sound Light
  74. Sangara
  75. take the 'A' train
  76. What a Dream
  77. David's Tune
  78. Giant Steps
  79. Messin' With The Kid
  80. The God of Pain
  81. For Lester
  82. Long march to freedom
  83. Bluocracy Part 2
  84. Bluocracy Part 3
  85. Paper Works
  86. Bluocracy Part 1
  87. Netdown
  88. P.O. In Cairo
  89. W.S.Q.
  90. Antithesis

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