Dave Sanborn is featured on the tune "In the Air Tonight" with the Phil Collins Big Band, live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, with Quincy Jones directing the band.
So sorry to see that Mr. Sanborn passed away on May 12. What a great musician who impacted many genres and added his magic to many albums besides his own.
I'll be 50 years young in less than a year and I will never resort to listening to this.I was a big fan of Collins when he played in Brand X.This is sappy!!!!!
@jalabi99 I have about 20 or 22 cd's of David Sanborn in my jazz collection of over 5,000 jazz cd's. Doing only 2 straight ahead jazz records in a span of over 36 years of recording your own music while not put in the circle of the the straight ahead players. The majority of his records are mostly nice pop and r&b instrumentals. Go back listen to them. Starting back in 1975.
GREAT ARRANGEMENT ! - I'll spare you my credentials but suffice it to say that NOT EVERYBODY HAS TO LIKE ALL THINGS.....I think PHIL COLLINS is BRILLIANT and so is SANBORN ! Does this arrangement have the same excitement as the original? NO. B U T it has its' own excitement. WHY ? - - It's a different arrangement. This is what we musicians do sometimes......we enjoy challenging ourselves with new things, styles, instrumentation. Does it really matter that we all know each others' opinion ?
@mohomoho1 Sappy? As opposed to Phil Collins' riveting Disney soundtrack masterpieces? This isn't supposed to be the same "earthshaking" electronic drums drenched rendition of the original, if you wanna get technical about what exactly can be referred to as sappy. And despite my tongue in cheek comments on Collins original, I do love it, and this cover of the classic tune. Collins' original cut was never my favorite single of his (the rest of "Face Value" blows it away!). I like this 1 better.
All fans of jazz go through an elitist stage. It's necessary to learn the music. There's so much there that everything seems empty by comparison. If you're speaking ill of Sandborn you're still stuck in that phase. Nobody does what Sandborn does better. He's not dealing with complex harmonies and rhythms like Wayne Shorter, but who cares? We can just listen to Wayne Shorter. Enjoy Sandborn for the outstanding musician he is. There's much to learn from him.
@magichristo We can agree to disagree respectively.My knowledge of music is extensive particularly when comes to jazz. So I'm no idiot!!!.. My reference to David Sanborn was strictly about Jazz. Mr. Sanborn has never recorded a straight ahead cd. Do the research.His music is coll it's just not jazz.
@goldeneye00756 You nailed it. Albright is much better player than Sanborn. Gerald can play straight ahead jazz as well as r&b. Sanborn does not play straight ahead nor has he ever
@magichristo You don't have to agree with me.That's okay! But may I say to you watch who you are calling an idiot it's just a discussion on David Sanborn's ability to play Jazz. Be a man and use better choice of words. You don't know me and I'm sure if we were face to face you would be much more respectful.
@ceetee21 No. I'm sorry, but you clearly claimed that Gerald was a "much better player than Sanborn". In general. Only an idiot who knows not much about music would say something like that. So don't talk about something you don't know anything about. You can't just claim your opinions as facts.
