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David Sanborn Songs
- “Chicago Song”
- “Maputo”
- “Neither One of Us”
- “Let’s Just Say Goodbye”
- “You Are Everything”
- “A Tear For Crystal”
- “Another Hand”
- “Run For Cover”
- “When You Smile at Me”
- “Rain on Christmas”
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David Sanborn Bio
David Sanborn is a Grammy-winning saxophonist, composer and arranger. A pioneer of contemporary jazz, he is also a prolific session man in pop, R&B, blues, funk, and jazz. His solos have graced records by popular artists as diverse as Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Todd Rundgren, Bobby Charles, Roger Waters, Esther Phillips, James Brown, Ween, and over a hundred more.
As a composer and bandleader, he has, since the beginning, combined genres, making him a pioneer of crossover music and contemporary jazz. His passionate tone and emotional melodies make his playing instantly recognizable.
Sanborn was born in Tampa, Florida, but raised in Kirkwood, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Contracting polio at the age of three, he struggled with the disease for eight years. In its aftermath, he began to play saxophone on the advice of a doctor, who thought it would aid him in strengthening his chest muscles.
Sanborn later traveled to California and met Paul Butterfield in 1965. After relocating to the Bay Area, he joined the Butterfield Blues Band. He appeared with them at Woodstock and went on to record with them. He began a long association with Gil Evans while simultaneously playing as a session man. Some of the classic records he played on during the era include Bobby Charles’ eponymous album, Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book, Todd Rundgren’s A Wizard, A True Star, David Bowie’s Young Americans (the iconic solo on the title track is his), Tommy Bolin’s Teaser, James Taylor’s You Make It Easy, and Michael Franks’ The Art of Tea. Over the rest of the decade, he cut two more albums and worked live and in the studio with a dizzying array of artists from Steve Forbert and Ian Hunter to Chaka Khan, the Fania All-Stars, and Bonnie Raitt.
Relocating to New York, Sanborn’s first real break as a leader came with 1980’s Hideaway, which hit number two on the Jazz Albums chart and number 33 on the R&B Albums chart and marked the beginning of a long association with bassist/producer Marcus Miller. It was the dawn of smooth jazz. He followed it with Voyeur a year later. The album’s single, “All I Need Is You,” netted him his first Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance. The full-length was the first of four straight ’80s albums to hit the top spot on the jazz charts. In 1983, he recorded As We Speak, Backstreet (with Luther Vandross as guest vocalist), and Straight to the Heart.
In 1991 he moved over to Elektra and released Another Hand, which became his most revered album among jazz fans. Produced by Hal Willner, it featured a band consisting of Bill Frisell, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, and Marc Ribot. He followed it with Upfront, the hard-grooving, bluesy soul-jazz set that placed more emphasis on the Hammond B-3 than his saxophone and featured guest spots by William “Spaceman” Patterson and Eric Clapton. 1994’s Hearsay bridged the musical gap between the two previous albums but was a funkier, larger band date overall. The decade saw him shift toward his own music more than session appearances, but he still made plenty, including dates with Dave Stewart, Oleta Adams, and Branford Marsalis’ Buckshot LeFonque.
Sanborn moved to Verve for 2003’s Time Again, a contemporary collection of pop, R&B, and jazz standards which was notable for covers of “Cristo Redentor,” “Harlem Nocturne,” and “Isn’t She Lovely.” He followed that vein for 2005’s Closer, which focused more on jazz standards with an understated electric band. He pulled out all the stops on Here & Gone, a gritty, soulful, rocking tribute to Ray Charles in 2008 with guests including Sam Moore, Derek Trucks, Eric Clapton, and Joss Stone, and released a sequel with 2010’s Only Everything.
In 2013, Sanborn teamed with Bob James to co-lead on Quartette Humaine, a collection of funky contemporary jazz and more thoughtful post-bop sounds that also featured bassist James Genus and drummer Steve Gadd.
Playing regular gigs on Letterman and performing live all over the globe, the saxophonist embarked on a Pledge Music campaign to fund his 25th release. He reunited with Miller as both producer and bassist — it was the pair’s first collaboration in 15 years. The finished album featured Sanborn in a large group setting with guest vocal appearances by Randy Crawford and Tower of Power’s Larry Braggs. The set was issued by Sony/Okeh in the spring of 2015 as Time & the River.
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