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Saturday 27 March 2021

Missing the Sound of Saxophone

 


The saxophone is a wind instrument but it was a very versatile instrument excessively used in Hindi Songs of the 60s and 70s. Composers of that era have used it effectively to convey many moods with Saxophone. Before it came on the scene, other wind instruments like Trumpet or Clarinet were in use. These instruments could convey the primary emotion in the song but the Saxophone could convey many moods of a song. 

Manohari Singh is known as the first Saxophone player of Bollywood, but as per him Ram Singh was the first Saxophonist who played a few songs in the early 50s but after his death in the early 50s, composers stopped using Saxophone in their songs. It was in the late 50s when Manohari Singh arrived in Bombay from Kolkatta. 

His first break in the Hindi film industry was in 1958 with Sachin Dev Burman, as a saxophonist for the movie Sitaron Se Aage. He went on to play with many other music directors, his strongest association being with R.D. Burman, for whom he played the saxophone in many compositions. In addition to playing the alto saxophone

In this blog, I have selected a few songs in which Saxophone played beautifully. These songs are mostly from the 60s and early 70s. The first song that gave him popularity was from the 1959 film Satta Bazar composed by Kalyanji Anandji

Song of Satta Bazaar (1959)

Song of Sanjog (1960)


Song of Maya, 1961

Song of KASHMIR KI KALI 1964

Song of Leader 1964



Song of Arzoo 1965

Song of Guide 1965

Song of Sholay 1975
Song of Hum Kisise Kum Nahi 1977



Song of Saathi 1968

Song of Brahamchari 1968

Song of Aradhana 1969

Song of Ameer Garib 1974