{"id":30565,"date":"2012-02-26T10:35:45","date_gmt":"2012-02-26T18:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=30565"},"modified":"2024-05-29T10:46:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T17:46:52","slug":"buddy-savitt-heard-sax-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2012\/buddy-savitt-heard-sax-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddy Savitt: The Most Heard Sax In The World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sax = sexiness. That is an equation that we have seen since the 1950s\u2014ever since the martini set was being sold music to entertain<\/em> by. (Define entertain<\/em> however you like.) :devil1:<\/p>\n

I have written about a number of album covers in this blog, which illustrate how the sax\/sex connection evolved over the past 6 decades. It went from subtle to in your face. For example, there was this<\/a>, then this<\/a>, then this<\/a>, then how about this<\/a>, and most recently this.<\/a><\/p>\n

This morning on eBay I noticed this vintage album cover<\/a> from Buddy Savitt’s 1962 album, The Most Heard Sax In the World. <\/em>I really liked the colourful saxophones with nothing but Savitt’s name. It is simple, and totally lacking that exploitative message, that if you play this record while your lady friend is over, you’ll get lucky. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

\"Buddy<\/a><\/p>\n

     Source: 30th Place Fine Records and Discs<\/h6>\n

Perhaps part of the reason this album is lacking sexual imagery, is because this is not a jazz album. The Most Heard Sax In The World, <\/em>is a rock and roll record. It includes the following:<\/p>\n

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  • Come Blow Your Horn<\/li>\n
  • Raunchy<\/li>\n
  • The Most Heard Sax In the World<\/li>\n
  • My Prayer<\/li>\n
  • I Like It Like That<\/li>\n
  • La Bamba<\/li>\n
  • Do You Love Me<\/li>\n
  • Gig<\/li>\n
  • What’d I Say<\/li>\n
  • Smoke Gets In Your Eyes<\/li>\n
  • Chills<\/li>\n
  • Funky<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    While the martini-swilling set might have bought this record, it wasn’t music intended to set the mood. It was music to dance to. The jazz albums came out later in the evening.<\/p>\n

    Buddy Savitt was a session musician who worked in Philadelphia during the 1950s. He has many recordings to his credit including The Twist<\/em>, by Chubby Checker. His tenor and baritone playing landed him steady work in orchestras until his death in 1983.\u00b9<\/p>\n

    In case you forgot what Buddy Savitt sounded like, here is a 1962 video of Chubby Checker doing his Lose Your Inhibition Twist<\/em>. Buddy Savitt is one of the 4 saxophones in Checker’s band, and is the one playing the solo.<\/p>\n