Top Brass and Wind Instruments
of Motown Songs

When I talk about Motown songs, I often concentrate on the Funk Brothers rhythm section. That doesn't mean the rest of the music players are silent!

Just as a special guitar line or drum roll can stamp a record, so can a stimulating saxophone riff or fluttery puff on a pipe.

A handful of instruments and their big moments appear below.

Favorite instrumental flourish or interlude?

Baritone sax in Heat Wave
Trombone in My Guy
Piccolo in Reach Out, I'll Be There
Flute in Stubborn Kind of Fellow
Alto sax in What's Going On


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Top Brass and Wind Instruments of Motown Songs