Tenor Sax to Tuba

[Biggs]

Tangential to this topic, can anyone name any saxophone/tuba doublers other than Howard Johnson? I'm not intending to encourage or discourage the OP, just wondering aloud.

[PMeuph]

Tangential to this topic, can anyone name any saxophone/tuba doublers other than Howard Johnson? I'm not intending to encourage or discourage the OP, just wondering aloud.

Bill Clinton ???

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[PMeuph]

On a more serious note...

James Morrison is the first one that comes to mind...

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[Donn]

There was a stretch in the early years of popular jazz when tuba players took up bass saxophone. The most famous as a bass sax player is Min Leibrook; the most notable overall is probably the great Walter Page, who recorded more on tuba than bass sax but in the end is known mostly for his string bass.

These guys were bass players motivated by the technical demands of the music. They would have played bass xylophone if it worked. I don't think it's exactly what we think of as a "double", which to me anyway means you somehow alternate the instrument in question with your primary instrument. That leads to the problem posed above - what if both instruments call for full time players? "Doubling" sounds suspiciously like "dabbling", unless you have a real specific motivation for taking up the saxophone or whatever. I know of tuba/sax switch hitters, but that isn't their day jobs.