CLASSIC SAX SOLOS
The hugely popular Classic Sax Solos show continues to tour and see’s Snake Davis step into a 5 piece band (keys, drums, bass, guitar and vocals. We've taken on board suggestions from audiences's of additional tunes they'd like to hear and constantly add more to the set list. With 2 albums packed full of tracks and these additional requests, the songs performed are constantly changing and you're always guaranteed to hear some absolute sax classics.
So many people love the sound of a great saxophone solo and for good reason. In the right hands sax is so emotional, so passionate; it sings, screams, whispers.
An instrumental solo can break hearts, lift spirits, even change lives.
Snake performs a myriad of classics, including Baker Street, Careless Whisper, Still Crazy after all these Years, Respect, Yakety Yak, and his own solos from Million Love Songs, Moving on Up, Search for the Hero, and Lisa Stansfields "Change". What’s more, he also tells you a bit more about them, fascinating facts and insights into the music we already love.
Imagine a room full of the saxophone greats; Junior Walker, King Curtis, Clarence Clemmons, Charlie Parker, Michael Brecker and more. Snake can deliver them all; challenging – yes, but he completely nails it. Sultry sax, searing sax, screaming sax, sexy sax, soulful sax, this show has it all.
Snake Davis on Saxes & Vocals, Gareth Moulton or Chris Bannister on Guitar & Vocals, Stuart Collingwood on Keys, Bryan Hargreaves on Drums & Simon Goulding on Bass.
The video below was the very first outing of Classic Sax Solos - at the University of Central Lancaster (UCLAN)