The Singing Saxophones - Singing Saxophones

It's time for another recording by that most prolific of recording artists -- anonymous.

The group in question is dubbed The Singing Saxophones and this self-titled album likely came out in the 1970s. The band, all real instruments by the way, is obviously European and quite listenable considering the limits within which the musicians had to work. The tunes seem to be mostly arrangements of songs in the public domain, to avoid paying licensing fees I assume.

There are strong echoes of Billy Vaughn here, but with some European touches -- sort of a cut- rate Max Greger, if you will.

This record is on the Sounds of Music label, released in Canada by Arc Records, infamous for its poor quality and often off-centre pressings. Arc released the 101 Strings recordings in Canada and Anne Murray made some of her pre-fame recordings for the company.

For Arc, Singing Saxophones is a pretty good sounding record, way above the quality of their usual product. From it you can listen to and download A Tavern in the Town.

A Tavern in the Town

Another LP titled Singing Saxophones, which pre-dates the Canadian release and containing some of the same tracks, was released in 1971 on the Monopole label in Belgium and was billed as by the Jimmy Lockwood Band. The arranger is listed as Jacky Sprangers. Interestingly there are a dozen tracks by Jacky Sprangers and His Famous Sound available for download from most of the major sources. The album is called Tribute to Glenn Miller and contains a track called Singing Saxophones.

Are all three albums by the same person? Seems likely, but who knows.