Thank you 🙏 David Sanborn (1945 - 2024)
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- David Sanborn was a legendary American alto saxophonist with an instantly recognizable sound and iconic style. Two of his albums had a big influence on me and I wanted to spend some time sharing them with you and celebrating his life and contribution to music.
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00:00 - David Sanborn, American saxophone icon
01:11 - “Was David Sanborn an influence on you?”
01:55 - His sonic fingerprint
02:46 - His saxophone, mouthpiece, and neckstrap
03:03 - How David Sanborn cared for his saxophone
04:15 - I bought David Sanborn’s mouthpiece (kind of)
05:01 - How Sanborn led me to my first saxophone teacher
06:53 - David Sanborn’s unique way of holding the saxophone
07:17 - Bruce Springsteen / The Brecker Brothers
08:33 - Night Music TV show
12:55 - My second favorite David Sanborn album
18:33 - Sanborn’s iconic solo on James Taylor, “How Sweet It Is”
20:22 - What an amazing career!
21:56 - “Hobbies”
23:18 - “Hobbies” solo
24:50 - WHAT?! Check out this line!
26:51 - If I had to pick ONE David Sanborn album, this would be it
28:44 - I used to fall asleep to this song. It’s amazing.
37:04 - that snare sound, tho
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Bob Reynolds is an American jazz saxophonist and 3x Grammy Award-winning member of Snarky Puppy. He's toured with John Mayer, Larry Carlton, and many others and released 12 solo albums-4 of which reached the Top 10 in Billboard's Jazz Charts. A pioneering educator, Bob has coached thousands of musicians through his innovative Virtual Teaching Studio bobreynoldsmusic.com/studio. He is a D'Addario Woodwinds artist and lives with his wife and kids in Los Angeles, CA.
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Dear beautiful people: I am aware that Charlie Haden wrote "First Song." (You'll see me reading the liner notes.) However, in my haste to edit and post this, I apparently omitted the part where I stated that, and/or misspoke if I credited it to Bill Frisell. I was talking about Bill Frisell's playing on the album. Thanks for all your comments and ❤and stories shared about your experiences with David Sanborn's music. 🙏
It's so kind of you to take the time to make videos like these. Not only bringing well-deserved recognition to an absolute legend, but also letting us hear specific parts and sharing your detailed perspective within context. This is GOLD! and I am EXTREMELY grateful for you and this channel.
Thanks Bob!
Much love from South Africa
It was nice to hear the name of Bill Frisell because I remember him to a true authentically genius musical artist. And I share your love of the two Sanborn albums “Upfront” and “Another Hand”.
David was obviously one of the most influential alto saxophonists ever, but like I’ve told myself many times over the last few decades , he was actually even much better than I think most people was aware of, he was incredibly flexible, incredibly technical, incredibly musical, all while having disabilities incl in his left arm!! He has a place right up there with Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Coltrane, Dexter, he was that great, and people will realise this!! It can’t be said that he was under rated, But, he was way “better” than people recognise him for! Study him, transcribe his solos, well known styles and styles he’s less known for and you will soon see a bit what I mean!
Thank you for all this Bob! Please give us a bit more in-depth studies about him, he deserves this!
Every professional sax player owes David Sanborn's sound and style half a career, specially those who played and recorded pop music.
So very true.
Definitely!
That’s true for all those playing pop. Also outside the US
Nice acknowledging a true artist! So so soulful!! He will be missed!!
It's true, I'm from Brazil, a saxophonist and I'm very inspired by David Souborn, his sound is incredible... he's a legend.
I watched Lethal Weapon as a kid. I asked my mum what instrument that was, she said a saxophone. I've been playing 31 years now. Thank you Dave 🙏
That's my memory of Sanborn too, I really liked the score and much later realized it was Sanborn apart from Clapton :)
Maaaannnn, that is one cool story!!!!
David and Grover were the biggest influencers on my playing starting in the late 70’s. Will miss them both but their music will live forever.
Not only is this a fantastic tribute to David Sanborn giving much deserved credit to a true saxophone icon but, one of the truly great things about this is Bob's real and unabashed absolute love of music. Something that's far too easy to lose if you stay stuck in a certain wheelhouse of genre and forget how all different types of music are wonderful in their own right. Music is such a beautiful thing to be part of. Thanks for your never ending passion Bob.
As a fellow sax player and long term fan of David Sanborn, I found this to be a very fitting tribute and memorial. Thank you.
Every time I drive to my gigs I’m listening to Sanborn. I always have a better gig. His creativity reminds to go anywhere my heart & universe takes me. Thank you David Sanborn!
love this
Great job Bob. I hot to meet David twice extraordinary legendary musical saxophone legend. Yet, a even greater human being. I am heart broken. He was always very warm and cordial receptive and respectully , approachable un-assuming despite his legendary musical status. He is by far the greatest Saxophone player in the last 50 years. It was a dream come true after 40 years of following his music....bought all of his albums from " Taking Off" 1975.... watching Saturday Night Live....and his tv program night music. I have the blessing of telling him in person he was person i most admired and revered in my lifetime. That brought a huge smile to his face giving hug. " Thank you, thank you , Thank you, were his words. How ironic ...I had always dreamed of expressing my amazement , gratitude and recognition he deserved. He embraces me and thanks me thrice!❤️🙏😭😇
Bob, I used to listen to this CD and transcribe David’s lines, and then I would stay after school and play it for my band teacher. I felt so proud, and it motivated me to no end to keep playing.
Thanks for doing this video- it hits a spot.
About the album "Upfront".... The most remarkable thing about is that they rehearsed for three days and then cut the ENTIRE ALBUM in a single take performance IN ONE DAY with all players in the same room!! Dangit that's talent! RIP Sanborn😢
Man! I shed a quite few tears when I heard of David's passing. He was so hugely influential to me as a young player back in the 80s. I saw him live a couple of times and his first solo gig at the Hammersmith in London was singularly, the best I have ever experienced. I swear that watching him up close up back then playing 'Straight To The Heart' was one of the most profound moments of my life. He was such a great player.. honestly.. there are no words.. Thank you so much for sharing your passion for him.
Dave never will be forgotten by those that know. Bob you right up there with the greats
The Song at 3:51 is Chicago Song :)
Ahhh, what a band yes! Pat Metheny, the good old days! Listened to David Sanborn quite a bit back then too. Now I kind of hang my hat on Snarky Puppy for musical fixes! Thanks for the wonderful video Bob
Night music was just awesome.
I remember staying up to watch it! So ahead of its time! Thank God YT has a lot of the show! Just saw David jamming with Hiram Bullick and Bootsy Collin!
Yes Lawd, it was soooo special!!!
His phrasing man... So delicate. His sound is of course so personal, but his phrasing and time feel is outstanding!
RIP David Sanborn loved his music! Yeah, Pat Metheny my favorite album by him is Travels. I saw Metheny a few times once on his birthday with guest percussionist Alex Acuna, and once with bassist Linda Oh My first listen to Sanborn was the Voyeur album, and I was hooked after that!
Pearls was my favorite Sanborn album. His playing was so expressive there. I saw him play in 1997 and that changed everything for me. RIP.
Pearls is my favorite Sanborn album too. This Masquerade and Willow Weep For Me are severely underrated tunes by Dave. Loved Upfront, Another Hand, and Timeagain, and Closer
UPFRONT! Dude! One of the albums that was in this young tenor player’s ears constantly as I finished high school and started studying music in college… it still makes me feel like I’m laying in my room with the lights off listening to every nuance of every player on that record and soaking in the soul and the production values, vibing and DREAMING. I still remember every note and how singable the melodies are and I haven’t listened to it in SO LONG. Probably nigh on 30 years. It’s going on for my commute home today and I will feel amazing when I get there.
This is the perfect tribute, Bob. Thanks for letting us in; really just felt like we were chillin in the studio and reminiscing together. Much love to you and the late, great Sanborn.
Cool - another ‘Up Front’ lover!
Upfront is Sanborn's best, different
"Straight to the Heart" is hands-down my favorite David Sanborn album. It had more impact on my playing and aesthetic than probably another.
Sanborn was the soundtrack to my life in the 90s in Los Angeles! Thank you for honoring him.
A very very nice send up indeed! Mr.David Sanborn Eternal............🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷
I heard the day after Mr Sanborn went home. I couldnt belive it. He was just jammin a few months ago. As a long time sax student, And coming back to sax after head injury military accident, Sanborn backing tracks with notes on TH-cam were my go to. 5 years now and Ive been back on stage. Gratitude to Mr David Sanborn for all his contributions to music and life.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤♥ Thank you David Sanborn for all the sweet moments.
Thanks Bob for honoring this wonderful artist and human being.
May David Sanborn RIP ⭐
~~~ The soundtrack to my life is filled with David Sanborn. "Upfront" still my favorite to this day. "Double Vision" with Bob James a masterpiece. His contribution to Jo Ann's Song by Dave Grusin on the Tequila Sunrise Soundtrack is still the sexiest song in a movie all time. If you don't know that one, check it out. Last time I saw him in concert he played with Joey DeFrancesco. Crazy as it sounds, I could hear Marcus Miller playing behind even though he wasn't on stage. David Sanborn's music will live on. Try to imagine James Taylor's "How Sweet It Is" or Bowies "Young Americans" without the sax. Cannot be done. Thanks for putting this tribute together. I hope David Sanborn knows how many people he made smile. CHEERS !!!! )))))))))))
Thank you for posting this Bob! My first Sanborn Album was Voyeur 1981. I Saw him live around '86 and he played the song Smile. Blew My Mind!🤯 RIP David Sanborn!🙏🏿
I met David along with the re formation of Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters back in 2000 on a project I shot for The Experience Music Project, extremely nice man, took the time to talk all things saxophone with me, and I got to shake the hand of one of the Greats to ever play the Alto Sax!! Rip to you David after all the sessions and the road, well deserved
Thank you very much for that. I have known Sanborn for years but I now know how much I did not know about him, which is a lot. This has been a real education. I even found the video of him at 24 playing Woodstock.
Sanborn's "Hearsay" was my first jazz CD after I took up saxophone in the 6th grade. He was so funky and had such a big sound. I knew Sanborn before I discovered Bird and Coltrane and all the old school greats. And I've always aspired to have a sound similar to his, especially in rock and funk contexts.
So glad you covered the Lethal Weapon stuff. That’s how I discovered Sanborn as a kid. I watched those movies over and over again and was like, “who IS that sax player?!”
Those songs that make a person smile like you smiled when "Benny" started--that's what music is all about for me. I have a lot of those smile moments with Sanborn too. Thanks for doing this video!
Hi Bob, I’ve been moving so have been a bit out of the loop with the transcription challenges. I wanted to say how much I have fallen in love with Another Hand, especially the first half of the album. It is just so magical, emotional and masterful. I’m sad that my peers at York University in the 70’s were so dismissive of this giant of a talent. Thanks so much for doing this tribute. See you in the virtual studio in July.
@bobreynolds Hey Bob, Yvan from France here. Thanks for posting this video. Just in case you didn't see this, Peter Erskine recently put that video from the Bob Mintzer Big Band with Dave Sanborn back in the 80's i think.... Enjoy! And congrats for your great work in Snarky Puppy!
Chicago SoBG was the first song I ever transcribed in totality. To this day it’ll random pop in my head and I just have to play it. Sanborn is The Alto sound to me and I’m so happy to have seen him perform before his passing.
i went to Berklee in Boston 1987-1990. When I was a Freshman, I was at the big music store there (forget the name) and I hear a guy in the back wailing on a saxophone. I go back and look and David Sanborn was standing there. What a thrill when I was 18 years old.
Even as a trumpet player, his sound and unique style inpacts me today. Grovin!
@Bob Reynolds -- Sanborn was. is. and will be generational and transcendent. I have too many things I want to say about your wonderful tribute, in part, because of how much your content helps me as a geriatric sax player having a bit of renaissance. Let's leave it at this -- you are a human that we need more like, that we need to aspire to be more like.
Thank you.
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Excellent tribute! I’m now 53 and Sanborn IS the reason I pursued music. He gave so much to the world, and I totally agree with all that you said here. Thanks Bob!!
David had a sound that cut deep. When a tune starts, everything changes when David starts playing. At an early age I couldn't figure out what he had, but now I understand that his phrasing and articulation was out of this world. This made his sound very expressive and humanlike in my opinion. He was my first introduction to "jazz" and led me later on to the tradition. Eventhough his music wasn't mainstream jazz, it wasn't smooth either. There was something mysterious and beautiful about his music and playing that makes me revisit it at times... Thank you David and God rest your soul. R.I.P.
David Sanborn definitely was an influence to me and it was what made me get back into the saxophone after I had left playing for a very long time after college didn't work out. I am grateful to the work the music he did and will always have that sound and progression of solos in my mind when I play from now on! Chicago Song is one of my favorites and the album Inside is one of my favorites!
Thank you for a great tribute. I have to admit, I never listened to the Lethal Weapon soudtracks. I'm going to now. I have to agree on your assessment of Upfront being one of if not his very best albums. So many great soulful tunes. 1975 was a real breakout year for him. Brecker Bros., James Taylor, David Bowie. But not enough credit is given to his album with Joe Beck from the same year. This could have been recognized as his first solo endeavour. Packed with great tunes - all featuring Sanborn. Again, thanks for the clips, memories and the most comprehensive tribute I've seen.🙏❤
I was just pointed to the Joe Beck album bc of comments after I released this. Never had been aware of it, and in the digital age, you won't find Sanborn's name in the credits on streaming. Great find!
David Sanborn is the soundtrack of my childhood and I still listen and play his tunes on my gigs! Thanks for this wonderful tribute to him!!
David Sanborn's Run For Cover was the very first sax solo I ever did a full transcription on. One of my favorite songs to this day
Same. It’s incredible how much of a breakthrough artist he was for so many people. Sanborn has had one of the biggest impacts on budding musicians because he bridged the gap between jazz and pop music in such a tasteful way to pull so many young musicians into a love of creative and complex music. Though he certainly didnt play poppy jazz or jazzy pop. He was in his own unique lane, along with Brecker and nobody really topped him there. What a treasure.
Infinita gratitud por tu música, tu inspiración. Soy saxofonista y siempre has sido una inspiración para mí. Thank you David❤❤❤
Two months ago I got my first saxophone and started diving into a lot of sax oriented music. Finding your channel, it’s been a pleasure learning from and watching you. David Sanborn is one of my favorites that I came across in this short time frame. So even as a newbie it hit my heart heavy when I heard he passed. I will forever be grateful for his contribution to music.
When Another Hand came out, I didn't care much for it. It was so different than his other stuff. But I grew to love it and it's one of my favorites now. As a kid growing up in '80's rural America, Night Music helped expose me to a lot of music I couldn't get otherwise. Yes, it was network TV, but it didn't come on until midnight. So I usually went to bed Sunday night and woke up to an alarm, and would sneak out of my room to watch the show without waking the rest of the house. And get up to go to school Monday morning. Thanks Dave!
The way Sanborn states that melody on Chicago Song is utter mastery. You could extract a decade of practice out of it. I sat for hours, days, weeks, months trying to get that articulation right, and I still can't come close. That's part of the reason I'm primarily a tenor player now. All I hear in my head when I play alto is Sanborn and my complete inadequacy at getting a sound anywhere close to that. RIP to the alto pioneer David Sanborn.
Great post Joseph. Followed David since 1975. All of his music comes from the heart and soul of a blessed musical icon. His entire musical catalog is The Musical Bible. I think David Sanborn was to the saxophone what Miles Davis was the trumpet....only more evolved and creative. David had a huge heart and bigger " soul".
Sanborn was the sax soundtrack of my youth the guy inspired my sax practice for years. RIP ledgend
Fantastic video and tribute to a killer player to whom we all owe so much.
My 1st memory of him is being handed a transcription of Straight to the Heart. That live album is a masterclass in soulful, funky playing.
Thanks for this video. It's sad that not many people are giving this legend their thoughts about how he's influenced them. I'm not a musician, but David Sanborn's music got me into smooth jazz. Even though he wasn't limited to smooth jazz.
As much as I loved his sound, you're correct, I didn't aspire to sound like him. But I always loved his compositions and the way he was an "anti-shredder". In other words, he never had to play a lot of licks. He would have very short solos, and some solis with other instruments like the guitar, and just let the song itself shine. Hideaway, Voyeur, As We Speak, are still some of my go-to records that I crave every so often. RIP David Sanborn!
My Dad got me Sanborn's first album Taking Off as a teenager in 1984. I played that album until the grooves were worn out! At the time, I had no idea who Michael Brecker was. Years later, after becoming a huge Brecker fan, I discovered that the Brecker Brothers were the horn section on Taking Off, so I'd been listening to Brecker long before I even knew who he was! About 3 months ago, I looked on Spotify and found Taking Off there. I was listening to it everyday, and then I heard the news that Sanborn passed. It's a weird synchronicity and I owe so much to Sanborn, he was a huge inspiration. Thank you for this wonderful tribute!
When I heard of David’s passing, I was just heartbroken. I don’t know if I would have pursued the saxophone as hard as I did if I had not heard David’s music as kid and most of all, THAT SOUND. Wow! I called some sax player friends of mine and losing David felt like losing family. It really helped to talk about it with other sax players who totally understood what a loss this was. Bob, this tribute totally captures that as well as looking at all the comments on here. Sanborn meant a lot to all of us and we are so fortunate that he left such a huge legacy of music to continue enjoying. Thanks for posting!
Even as a Trane and Cannonball guy I don't include players like David Sanborn, Grover Washington, Kirk Whalum, in what is called Smooth Jazz. They are just so funky and soulful that they can't be defined as "Smooth", unlike so many other players today that all sound the same. Thank you Bob for highlighting the great David Sanborn and his contribution to all of us making our journey through music and the legacy of Jazz.
Agreed
This is my first time on your TH-cam page not knowing who you are by name but I immediately yelled out Snarky Puppy! I’m 62 and as many of us have experienced, music is the marker for our lives. David Sanborn is a huge one for me. In 1986 when Double Vision came out I was 24 years old and a three year veteran of the Omaha Police Department. I still have the original cd and it is timeless ❤
Another great Sanborn movie score was Tequila Sunrise. Your vid’s not over and I’m already commenting, lol.
I loved David Sanborn's music because he felt each and every note he played. And knew how to make his audiences feel whatever he was feeling.
Bonjour de France.
C'est un belle hommage à David. 😢
Man..this news just broke my heart. Not because I also am battling prostate cancer, not because we've lost my all time favorite musician, but it feels like I lost a close family member and friend. Throughout the majority of my life, I've listened to Dave and his musical genius throughout my life and have never been disappointed. I've gone to many of his concerts and owned every album he's ever made. In fact, I found out about his passing while searching for any new Sanborn music Monday while on TH-cam. I first thought it was a sick internet joke until I read news releases of his passing. To say the least, I've been heartbroken every since. All I can say is God bless you David, and thank you for all you've meant to me...
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Soak up all the healing energy in Sanborn’s music and I’ll send some too!.
Thank you...
The BACKSTREET CD was my wake-up alarm.. it set the mood for me. RUN FOR COVER was my all time kick-ass tune with MARCUS MILLER on that slap bass..
please do more videos like this! I love David Sanborn and love hearing his influence on you. Also, just love the vibe of hanging out and talking about music. I don’t have time to do that in my regular life, but it’s nice to put this on in the car, and get that!
Love David Sanborn! Tremendous influence in my playing and sound!
Thank you for this overview. DS is like some emergency stuff in my travel gear for 35 years. Now I can unpack it and say thanks David..Great links in your clip .
Thx Bob! Thanks and RIP Sir David Sanborn🙏🙌❤
I love listening with you. Please don’t wait for another giant to pass before posting another listening session.
Nice tribute and memorial to a great player! Going to hear some Selmer VI playing today too from a great player (Michael Griffin) & his quartet! 🎷
Cooooool vid. and playing too! I'm in! Liked & Subscribed! 👍🙂😎
Love the way you’re geeking out to this. I’ve been doing the same thing for the last 4 days. Sanborn is the reason I got into playing the sax. He had plenty of haters, but he didn’t care - he did his thing. One of the most original, lyrical, emotive instrumentalist of all time. In my book, he’s the sax variant of Santana, Hendrix, Dylan, Paul Simon, Carly Simon - those musicians who you immediately identify by their unique voice. I saw him live about 4 times and met him twice. The world sucks a little more without him in it. Hopefully there are some tracks in the vault that we’ll get to enjoy at some point. And I hope for the love of god that they release the Night Music archive for real.
One of the times I saw him live was actually on the Another Hand tour. We traveled from Texas to Denver to see it. Nobody else in the building got it. Lol. it was right after his more smooth, jazz or funk albums, and the whole place was confused. I thought it was the greatest thing ever. My wife and I snuck out and met him as he was walking back to his hotel. It was a really weird concert. He didn’t even close. I’m not sure who was on after but I didn’t care. He was the one and only reason we were there.
I enjoy how Sanborn added great solos on pop songs - always making them sound better.
Thank you Bob for taking us down memory lane. That was some of the best music ever performed.
Listening to David Sanborn's music with you and feeling your enthusiasm for it touches me deeply (to the point of tears of joy, to be honest). I feel the same way about many of your videos. Thanks for your spirit Bob
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Bill Singer mentioned! I just saw him a few months ago to work on a beautiful 1926 Conn I found in a music shop, anyone in the NY area should look into him for your repairs!
❤Sound wise, Andy Snitzer was said to have been influenced by him, although Andy played tenor 🎷 for the most part.
Dave caught my attention earlier when he played with Bob James - those altissimos, late '70s & '80s.
I love the Jazz Swing with Dave and Phil Woods 🪵 - Willow Weep For Me, live.
He "bluesing" along with: singers Al Jareau (sp.), Rufus Thomas ...
❤Great Public Service, Bob.
The first time I heard David Sanborn was in the summer of ‘81. I was working with my contractor uncle as a kid, and we used to always have the radio on. I heard this sax player in the midst of all these r&b and pop songs… When the DJ finally said his name, it became my goal to save up the little bit of money I made to buy the album with that song on it!
That album was Voyeur. The green one. I have been in love ever since! Went back and bought Hideaway, Taking Off, Sanborn, and all the other ones. He is how I found out who Marcus Miller was by reading all the liner notes.
Miller wrote and produced on most of Sanborn’s stuff. Until Another Hand.
I remember not liking it, either. I figured that the title meant that there would be a different hand at producer.
And when Upfront came out immediately a few short months later - with Marcus Miller back at the helm - I assumed that it was because Another Hand didn’t work…
I can appreciate it now!
But Upfront was, to me, his best record.
I could go on forever… Sanborn is the soundtrack of my whole musical life, and my heart is broken right now.
David Sanborn and and his sax got me thru some things! Thank you for this tribute! I have added songs from the first two cds (which I never heard of) to my new David Sanborn playlist! I am very sad he has left us, but what he left us, will forever be amazing! Rest in Power David Sanborn 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐
Joe Beck & David Sanborn album. One of my favorites.
You don't realize what you have until it's gone. Not only speaking about the passing of David Sanborn, but his show night music. You see in 1987 to the end of the decade, jazz was still alive in NYC. You'd go down to the music district to get your sax repaired at Joe Sax and you'd run into David Sanborn, Michael Brecker, or their sound teacher nobody is even aware they went to, John Purcell (HELLO?) who for a time was with Jack Dejohnette. John was a master had setups and embochure since he healed himself after throat cancer and ALL the cats went to him including David. You'd go into Manny's and see BB King whipping out cash to buy a new amp. Around that time we still had jazz clubs or jazz in a small theater. Remember one night watching two sets of Bob Mitzers big band, then going down to Blue Note to watch Woody Shaw, and Joe Henderson and then the 3 am jam sessions. You young folks will never get that opportunity. You could do this all week. Art Blakely and the Jazz Messengers were always playing in a club. Horace Silver up in Harlem and little clubs nobody knew about were busy. These guys and the jazz masters were always walking around the music schools in NYC, CCNY, the New School, Julliard. But nobody told us the commercial age of jazz and instrumental was fast coming to an end. So we took a program like this for granted since there was so much music around. And now? All gone! All done! Two chords, a guy on a synthesizer and auto tune. That's mass music today.
Great tribute to Dave Sanborn
thank you 🙏
I first saw Sanborn at the Hult Center in Eugene, Oregon in 1988 (thank you Mindi). I last saw him at Jazz Alley in Seattle, Washington in 2021. He had a huge influence on me.
I'm a bassist with many David Sanborn recordings in my collection. He is one of the most influential saxophonists who ever lived and many saxophonists attempt to sound like him. Like many great musicians, he's often imitated but never duplicated. Taking a line from the movie Highlander, "There can only be one." R.I.P. Thank you for a great tribute to David Sanborn, for your enthusiasm and great playing!.
He was mega, everywhere all the time and always killing. Loved him and will always listen to him. Another Hand...wooooo so good.
Another legend GONE....RESPECT to the great David Sanborn!!! Thank you Dave for carving a NOTCH in the belt created by the our GREAT saxophonists of the PAST and thank you for being a musical influence to ME and to the MANY who followed. #RIPDavidSanborn #SALUTE 🎷 🎷 🎷
Thanks for turning me on to some different things. You mention about wanting to sound unique like David. I’m not a saxophone player but love them from Lester to Rabbit to Trane to one of his gods- Hank Crawford. He had him on Night Music and was, dare I say gushing that one of his heroes was on the show. Im a guitar player so its the same thing: find your own voice, right? That’s the goal.
He inspired me to pick up a horn, started on Alto, and then moved to Tenor after a couple of years. I bought most of his early stuff and enjoyed dipping into his music to refresh my appreciation of him. I was lucky to see him in Manchester in the late 90's, I pulled up to the venue early and had a walk around I came across Marcus Miller at the back of the venue smoking, pretty sure it was a joint! It was everything I expected and the venue was quite intimate so I literally stood in front of him the whole gig and most importantly got to shake the great man's hand at the end, I still remember the thrill of getting to shake my hero's hand! the thing I recall was how soft and subtle his hand was. Sad to hear he passed, but he has left us a legacy of music that will live on.
I used to tape the audio from each episode of Night Music on cassette and constantly listen while driving.
BTW: I’ve geeking-out on this stuff too 🎷
This was the best sort of tribute to the man, I felt like I was just hanging out with you. What you were saying echoed my thoughts and feelings completely.
Sanborn definitely one if my favorite contemporary sax masters!! He'll never really be gone 🎼 🎶 🎷
Thanks for the video, you hit on the main thing about his playing which was the joy you could hear in it, just to be playing. My first album was "Sanborn" from 76, after I heard him in pop radio songs. I was studying with Joe Allard at NEC then and I mentioned Dave's playing to him in a lesson. He did not hear anything special, but I disagreed saying there was something great going on especially with his pocket feel, and the space he left for the band to groove. Up Front...yeah! Loved all the others but that one is so transparent in sound. You made me dig it back out.
Pocket. Exactly. The man knew how to groove-with the band, and not just treat them as pawns to shred over.
I met him in London at Michael Kamen's house - he was extremely friendly and charming . He was about to play a saxophone concerto at the Albert Hall especially composed for him by Michael Kamen
Whoa! That's amazing!! Such a killer way to score a movie. Kamen really had a feel for the cultural moment.
I went to Berklee in the mid to late 80s and Sanborn’s sound was ubiquitous. I did a project with David Caceres that just channeled Sanborn. So beautiful!
Another great video. Thanks Bob. Thanks Dave.
David Sanborn is the greatest influence on my Alto Sax.
So soulful, what a lyrical sound.
The song on David Letterman was "Chicago Song".
Thank you Bob for this. David Sanborn.is a massive inspiration through my life. He shaped my playing from back in early 1980's❤❤
A Tear for Crystal thank you sir for all of your music I will always cherish the music that you brought forth…..Godspeed my friend…..rip
The Sunday Night show on NBC which Sanborn co-hosted was very inspirational to me growing up and playing in different bands. So many top musicians (eg Donald Fagen, Pat Metheny) from all genres played on that show. I'm still hoping they have another show like that one day !
I appreciate David Sanborn's achievements, even more in the light of the after effects of the polio. Sanborn explaining that Michael Brecker was complaining to him and Dave responding "When it gets to the turn around, you've got at least 45 options of how to play it. ... I've got two!"
In Dave's later life an Ishimori Wood Stone alto, with a Aaron Drake Sanborn artist mouthpiece, with an 8 tip opening were gear he used.
Lisa Simpson's part is a bari sax, played on an earlier Theo Wanne Durga.
Check out the horn section on Easy Money, by Billy Joel as well.
Change of Heart was my first Sanborn album.
I first heard of Steve Jordan drumming on the Blues Brothers live albums, Briefcase Full of Blues and Made In America.
Every snare sound in the world has to be better than Lars' snare sound on St. Anger. (If you haven't heard it already, don't insult your ears with one of Metallica's worst albums.)
David's later albums are well worth listening to as well. 🎶🎷
Thank you for clearly illustrating that David Sanborn played with soul! I wish him so much peace to rest in. ☮
Some sax players I know dismiss Sanborn as a 'smooth jazz' musician. They're missing out. So great to see a true pro like Bob jamming to the same stuff I did back in the day. Sanborn was the soundtrack of my teens and 20's, and a lifelong influence. Much love.
Thankyou Bob. 'Backstreet Boy' (Guy) got me hooked on DS. HE obviously had a heart, given the passion in his playing/lines.
Sanborn's skill was to sound like the song and sound like himself every time. Thanks for the great eulogy for a very fine player.