Rose in Spanish Harlem

Jim Peters · Post by **Jim Peters** » 12 Oct 2006 2:00 pm

Anyone know who played the sax solo in this song? Was it Getz? Thanks! JP

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 12 Oct 2006 4:06 pm

I would guess if it was recorded in New York it might be Romeo Penque or King Curtis.

You talking about the Ben E. King version?

Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 12 Oct 2006 4:21 pm

If it was on Atlantic(and I think it was),it WAS probably King Curtis...he did an awful lot of sessions on that label.

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Ken Lang · Post by **Ken Lang** » 12 Oct 2006 6:52 pm

It's on the album Memphis Soul Stew. By King Curtis.

Jim Peters · Post by **Jim Peters** » 12 Oct 2006 7:37 pm

I love that song, and it is a great solo. JP

Jerry Hayes · Post by **Jerry Hayes** » 13 Oct 2006 6:41 am

Check out the version on "The Nashville Bar Association" album. I forgot which of the guys did it but it might be Russ Hicks. It makes a great steel instrumental....JH in Va.

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c c johnson · Post by **c c johnson** » 14 Oct 2006 12:25 pm

sorry for my separate post today. CC

Michael Breid · Post by **Michael Breid** » 14 Oct 2006 5:09 pm

Listen to Benard Purdy's drum ride on the Memphis Soul Stew song that King does. It will knock your hat in the creek. I saw this black cat one time on the old Jackie Gleason show take a sax solo that just blew everyone away. Jackie Gleason was really taken by it and said, "Mr. King Curtis ladies and gentlemen". Such a great talent and such a waste. Knifed in an alley. Such a waste.

Burr Oxley · Post by **Burr Oxley** » 16 Oct 2006 4:06 pm

Yep, it was King Curtis. What a beautiful musician, and a fantastic player of just about anything with a reed.

Hell, he'd probably have been a killer oboe or bassoon player if he'd been asked to play either one!