David Sanborn
David "Dave" William Sanborn (born July 30, 1945 in Tampa , Florida ) is an American saxophonist who has emerged mainly in the fields of pop music , smooth jazz , R&B and blues . Jazz journalist Scott Yanow has described Sanborn as "the most influential saxophonist on pop, R&B, and crossover players of the past 20 years".
Live and act
When he was three years old, he developed polio . As a therapy he started playing the alto saxophone . Growing up in St. Louis , Missouri , he was largely inspired by Chicago blues musicians. While still in high school, he played with musicians such as Albert King and Little Milton . He first studied for a year at Northwestern University (1963/64) before moving to the University of Iowa in 1965 , where he continued his studies until 1967. He married at the age of 20. In 1967 he moved to the West Coast, where he remained until 1971 when Butterfield Blues Band of Paul Butterfield played; then he worked with Stevie Wonder . Since 1973 he has also played in Gil Evans' orchestra, and can be heard as a soloist in The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (1974), There Comes a Time (1975) and Priestess (1977).
Sanborn recorded his first solo album, Taking Off , in 1975. In 1978 he supported Melanie Safka on her album Phonogenetic. Not just another pretty face . In the 1980s he became known with his album Hideaway . He played u. a. with Al Jarreau , Marcus Miller , the Rolling Stones , Steely Dan , Eric Clapton , Sting , Tommy Bolin , Paul Simon , David Bowie , Steve Gadd , Nena and Miles Davis . Several of his albums have won Grammy Awards .
In the 1980s and 1990s, Sanborn had its own radio show ( The Jazz Show with David Sanborn ). He is the father of Jonathan Sanborn, to whom he dedicates all of his albums.
Discographic notes
- Taking Off (1975, WEA )
- David Sanborn (1976, WEA)
- Promise Me the Moon (1977, WEA)
- Heart to Heart (1978, WEA)
- Hideaway (1979, WEA)
- Voyeur (1980, WEA)
- As We Speak (1981, WEA)
- Backstreet (1982, WEA)
- Straight to the Heart (1984, WEA)
- A Change of Heart (1987, WEA)
- Close Up (1988, recapitulation )
- Another Hand (1991, Elektra )
- Upfront (1992, Elektra) (DE: Gold in the Jazz Award)
- Hearsay (1994, Elektra)
- Pearls (1995, Elektra)
- Songs from the Night Before (1996, Elektra)
- Dreaming Girl (1996, Elektra)
- Inside (1999, Elektra)
- Time Again (2003, Verve )
- Closer (2005, Verve)
- Here & Gone (2008, Decca )
- Only Everything (2010, Decca)
- Time And The River (2015, Okeh )
Compilations
- The Best of David Sanborn (1994, WEA)
- Love Songs (1995, WEA)
- The Essentials (2002, WEA)
Lexigraphic entries
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz music. 1700 artists and bands from the beginning until today. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 1999, ISBN 3-476-01584-X .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon. Volume 2: M – Z (= rororo-Sachbuch. Vol. 16513). 2nd Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-16513-9 .
Web links
- Web presence on davidsanborn.com
- Christian Broecking about David Sanborn, Berliner Zeitung, September 2005 on berlinonline.de
Remarks
- ^ Scott Yanow: Artist Biography . English. Online at allmusic.com (as of July 3, 2013).
- ^ Wieland Harms: The Unplugged Guitar Book. 20 of the most beautiful songs for acoustic guitar. Gerig Music, ISBN 3-87252-249-3 , p. 20.
- ↑ Biography . English. Online on the homepage of David Sanborn (as of July 3, 2013).
- ↑ Gold / platinum database of the Federal Music Industry Association, accessed on July 3, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sanborn, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sanborn, David William (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American saxophonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tampa , Florida |