If anybody knows the Chuck Mangione album, Chase the Clouds Away, can anybody tell me what kind of saxophone Gerry Neiwood is using in his solo on Song Of The New Moon, and his solo on Echano. As a real young kid, I always thought is was a tenor, beeing played real high, just a few weeks ago it sounded like a soprano, but now I'm not sure at all. It sounds like a mix of the both saxes, but I'm not sure. I dont know a lot about saxophones, I can tell em apart musically and in pictures, but I don't play, nor know anything about them mechanical wise, but could someone tell me what kind of saxophone Gerry Neiwood is using on Song Of The New Moon, and his solo on Echano. Its puzzled me for so many years, now, if someone knows, I'd appreciate it, and get it off my mind, and be peaceful when I listen to those songs, not closely to the speaker, trying to find out, what in God's name kind of saxophone it is. If it's not some kind of uncommon sax, I'll go with soprano, but it sounds awfully strange. Almost like a cazoo. Someone know?

Granted, it was only a 28-second sample, but I believe I distinctly heard a soprano sax on Song of the New Moon. The sample of Echano only had flutes.
What do your liner notes tell you?

Actually no, Echano opened up with Kathy Moses on alto flute and maybee Gerry is the one playing the piccolo. But the song speeds up after the slow intro and there is a, soprano? solo. I guess I should look up the liner notes, that'd be a good thing. Somebody if you get the chance listen to Song of The New Moon closely, jazzwriter, maybee you'll here what I here. Either Gerry Niewood makes the soprano saxophone sound so different or he's playing an odd sax, like I believe I'v seen ppictures of Andrew Hill playing a very tiny alto saxophone, maybee that might be it. The liner notes say tenor and soprano saxes, alto and c-flute. Just to leave off, Jazzwriter, there is a saxophone solo, when the tempo gets very much allegro. The same saxophone that was used on Song Of The New Moon is used on Echano. I'm now just putting my cards to a soprano sax. But boy, is that a unique sounding soprano. Gerry Neiwood really is a master at reeds!

oh, wait, what do you mean by samples? Do you have the actual cd? record?

No, I don't have it in any form. I listened to samples available at www.cduniverse.com.

Oh, than sorry for parts of my first post.

The tiny alto that you believe you see is actually a curved soprano sax. Not many artists play one. Dave Koz uses a curved soprano instead of a straight one.

And, you say the liner notes say a soprano, too. So, there you go.

Thanx
Im dont know a lot about saxes, I did see one in the photos on the inner cd cover of Dave Koz's Saxophonic.

Kim Waters plays a tiny curved soprano, too......strange lookin' thing.

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Yeah, I've seen those. Weird looking, they are.
I'm fascinated that the players can find the valves in that configuration.