George Braith

George Braith (born George Braithwaite on June 26, 1939) is a soul-jazz saxophonist from New York. Braith is known for playing multiple horns at once, a technique pioneered by Roland Kirk. He is credited with the invention of the Braithophone, a welded-together alto and soprano saxophone. Braith is featured in a mosaic in the 72nd street station of the Second Avenue Subway in the New York City Subway system. George Braith has played on: Two Souls in One (Blue Note, 1963) Soul Stream (Blue Note, 1963 ) Extension (Blue Note, 1964 ) Laughing Soul (Prestige, 1966) Musart (Prestige, 1967) Double Your Pleasure (Bellaphon, 1992) Rafting Brace (Victor [jp], 1998) reissue of Laughing Soul The Complete Blue Note Sessions (Blue Note/EMI, 2001) 2-CD George Braith & Friends, Volume 1 (Excellence, 2002) Turn of the Century (Excellence, 2003) Barcelona Blues (Excellence, 2006) Boptronics (Excellence, 2006) Bip Bop Bam (Excellence, 2006) Bop Rock Blues (Excellence, 2007) New York Soul (Excellence, 2021) With John Patton Blue John (Blue Note, 1963) Eagle Eye Blues (Excellence, 2001 ) Huey, Steve. "George Braith". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 January 2019. Stewart, Emily (August 10, 2007). "Jazz pioneer to play Kingston". The Poughkeepsie Journal. p. F.1. ProQuest 436752508. Retrieved 2024-01-27. Fitzsimmons, Emma G. (January 1, 2017). "As Second Avenue Subway Opens, a Train Delay Ends in (Happy) Tears". The New York Times. Retrieved January 1, 2017. "George Braith Discography". www.jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 2024-01-27. Official site "George Braith: The Man Who Also Cried Fire" Archived 2009-05-03 at the Wayback Machine Kelsey, C. JazzTimes, March 2004. v t e