Obituary
Very influential and prolific saxophonist, particularly in the ’70s and ’80s.
Goodbye David Sanborn
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Surprised nobody beat me to this one.
Here’s a nice all-star clip featuring Mr. S with the late, great George Duke as a bonus.
Annoying that the Guardian obit. that I put in the right field in the OP vanished into the AW’s twilight zone.
Mods?
Anyway. Here it is.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/14/david-sanborn-jazz-saxophonist-dies-aged-78
Didn’t know that he played at Woodstock in Paul Butterfield’s band.
He hosted a good music show some time in the 90(?)s, of which there are few good clips on YouTube, often pairing guests in unexpected combination, a bit like in the later Elvis Costello’s Spectacle. Here’s RT paired with the zydeco player who covered his Tearstained Letter, Jo-el Sonnier:
PS, I note @mike_h ‘s clip comes from the same show, Night Moves
Small correction! The show was called Night Music. And what amazing guests appeared!
You should be able to find quite a lot of it on Yer Tube.
Here are Randy Newman, Mark Knopfler, Take 6 and Slim Galliard. What a treat!
I thought his obituary had been forgotten as I couldnt see anything yesterday.
Was an avid collector of his albums but then drifted away only nto be reacquainted following an excellent 3cd vcompilation that came out in recent years.
This was always a favourite:
And this one of course:
He played the alto sax break on the Dame’s Young Americans, which even the Radio 4 News crew got right (for once).
Which was described as annoying as a persistent wasp.
Personally, I like it.
Sanborn said in an interview for Esquire “I think David and I bonded because he was a saxophone player, too,” . “The way he presented it to me at the outset of the sessions was, ‘There’s not going to be any lead guitar on this record. There’s going to be rhythm guitar and bass and drums and piano. You’re going to be the lead guitar.’ I didn’t really know how that was going to work, but I put myself in that mindset.”
A great musician. Only know him as a sideman. Are there albums of his I should explore?
Always loved this, written for American Gigolo: