Hot Sax Top Ten: Your Latest Trick (#5)

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It’s time for another great saxophone song. NOT a “sax song” like “Tequila” by the Champs, but songs that have great augmentation to them by the sax work. Like yesterday’s song, today’s tune is an album cut, but given how many albums this sold I’m sure a few people know this tune. #5: Your Latest Trick - Dire Straits As with yesterday’s song, if you want great sax work, just call in a master. In this case, the late, great Michael Brecker, who worked with rock and jazz acts out the wazoo and was part of the Brecker Brothers with his trumpet-playing brother Randy. The sax work in this song is so overwhelming that it took me months after I got this album to even listen to the lyrics. And once I did, I discovered that the lyrics were just as overwhelming as the sax solo. You just don’t find many songs with lines like “You played robbery with insolence” or “looking so bereaved and bereft.” Brothers in Arms earned its accolades and place in rock history. While this wasn’t a hit, it sure shows that this wasn’t a case of money for nothing. Your Latest Trick Written by Mark Knopfler Recorded by Dire Straits From Brothers in Arms, 1985 Saxophonist: Michael Brecker Prehistoric garbage trucks have the city to themselves: