George Braith

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George Braith (born George Braithwaite on June 26, 1939) is a soul-jazz saxophonist from New York.^[1]

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.^[2]

Braith is featured in a mosaic in the 72nd street station of the Second Avenue Subway in the New York City Subway system.^[3]

George Braith has played on:^[4]

• Two Souls in One (Blue Note, 1963)
• Soul Stream (Blue Note, 1963 [1964])
• Extension (Blue Note, 1964 [1967])
• 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 [2006])

• Official site
• "George Braith: The Man Who Also Cried Fire" Archived 2009-05-03 at the Wayback Machine Kelsey, C. JazzTimes, March 2004.

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