{"id":27161,"date":"2011-08-25T07:44:38","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T14:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=27161"},"modified":"2024-05-26T09:27:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T16:27:23","slug":"t-g-i-f-ok-so-we-gotta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2011\/t-g-i-f-ok-so-we-gotta\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Veteran Sax Player Appears With A Pop Superstar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=25948\">A few weeks ago<\/a> I wrote about the late Clarence Clemons, and his appearance in Lady Gaga&#8217;s video <em>The Edge Of Glory<\/em>. Now another veteran horn player is lending his talents to one of today&#8217;s pop superstars.<\/p>\n<p>Katy Perry&#8217;s music video for her current #1 Billboard hit,&nbsp;<em>Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.), <\/em>features a sax player that everyone\u2014including non-sax players\u2014knows by sight. (Now there&#8217;s a big hint for you.)<\/p>\n<p>The sax solo comes near the very end of this mini-movie, so you have to be patient. However, the video is brilliantly done, so just site back, enjoy, and after it&#8217;s over, watch the credits and see if you were able to correctly ID the cast of characters. It turns out I wasn&#8217;t as good at ID&#8217;ing former pop cultural icons as I thought I was. \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1174\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KlyXNRrsk4A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For an instrument that hasn&#8217;t seen much Top 20, or even Top 100, action in last 10 or so years, our lowly saxophone is certainly doing well right now. 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