Hello all listeners. I just made a lovely tribute video to the late David Sanborn. However, as usual, the copyright police blocked it instantly worldwide. So I just want to say something about David Sanborn here: The sudden news of Sanborn's passing hit me quite hard. I was first introduced to Sanborn in the late '70s with his album "Hideaway" which I bought on LP, and later CD. He was one of the first sax players that I got into back in the day as a youngster along with others like Gato Barbieri and Paquito D'Rivera. Atlanta's 94Q "Jazz Flavours" show from 1979-1989 made me a huge fan of Sanborn, and today I own every CD he released. Highlights for me include "Let's Just Say Goodbye" from Voyeur 1981, "Lesley Ann" from Close-Up 1988, "Anything You Want" from Hideaway 1979, "The Dream" from A Change of Heart 1987, as well as his Double Vision project with Bob James in 1986...plus many, many more.
He was arguably the most influential saxophonist on contemporary jazz, pop, R&B, and crossover players of the past 40 years; playing with more artists than can be mentioned here, but here's just a few: Bob James, Marcus Miller, Al Jarreau, George Benson, B.B. King, Gil Evans, Joe Beck, Michael Sambello, Steve Khan, David Bowie, TOTO, Michael Franks, Chaka Khan, David Matthews, Masaru Imada, Earl Klugh, and SO many more! You can honestly say nobody at all sounded like him...May his legacy as a solo artist and session player never be forgotten.
Also, I will be doing a special focus next week on my Breeze radio show. I will feature all of my favorite cuts from his solo work, and collabs featuring the late Sanborn, for all three hours of the show! So be sure to tune in on Jazz 90.1 at Saturday night, 5/25 at 11 pm Eastern.
Rest easy David!
Hello all listeners. I just made a lovely tribute video to the late David Sanborn. However, as usual, the copyright police blocked it instantly worldwide. So I just want to say something about David Sanborn here: The sudden news of Sanborn's passing hit me quite hard. I was first introduced to Sanborn in the late '70s with his album "Hideaway" which I bought on LP, and later CD. He was one of the first sax players that I got into back in the day as a youngster along with others like Gato Barbieri and Paquito D'Rivera. Atlanta's 94Q "Jazz Flavours" show from 1979-1989 made me a huge fan of Sanborn, and today I own every CD he released. Highlights for me include "Let's Just Say Goodbye" from Voyeur 1981, "Lesley Ann" from Close-Up 1988, "Anything You Want" from Hideaway 1979, "The Dream" from A Change of Heart 1987, as well as his Double Vision project with Bob James in 1986...plus many, many more.
He was arguably the most influential saxophonist on contemporary jazz, pop, R&B, and crossover players of the past 40 years; playing with more artists than can be mentioned here, but here's just a few: Bob James, Marcus Miller, Al Jarreau, George Benson, B.B. King, Gil Evans, Joe Beck, Michael Sambello, Steve Khan, David Bowie, TOTO, Michael Franks, Chaka Khan, David Matthews, Masaru Imada, Earl Klugh, and SO many more! You can honestly say nobody at all sounded like him...May his legacy as a solo artist and session player never be forgotten.
Also, I will be doing a special focus next week on my Breeze radio show. I will feature all of my favorite cuts from his solo work, and collabs featuring the late Sanborn, for all three hours of the show! So be sure to tune in on Jazz 90.1 at Saturday night, 5/25 at 11 pm Eastern.
Rest easy David!