I lost my Dad to cancer exactly month before David’s passing and oddly they were the same age. My Dad was a fantastic sax player and we were and are both fans of your channel, Jay. Hope they get the chance to jam together now! Thanks for posting.
R.I.P. David Sanborn. Legends never die. Gratitude for your music and your style. You've trained many generations of saxophonists around the world. The world will miss you. Affectionately your fan. Ever!! 😪
I always admired and thought that Sanborn was of African descent. I heard his music way back from the early 70's and I'm sure his work will still be playing and heard all over the world. RIP!!!
My dad took me to a Sanborn concert years back, and at the end David was signing programs and talking with fans. I was still fairly young in my sax journey, just beginning to learn about Joe Allard's theory of embouchure and minimal reed pressure. So while he was signing my program, I asked David how much pressure he applied to the reed. He said a little, but not a whole lot, that it was balacing act. When I admitted I was struggling to find the right balance, he nodded in agreement and laughed. "It's an ongoing experiment!" he said. I find that very heartening that even a legend like Sanborn continued to experiment and find his sound. I'm very grateful he shared that wisdom with me, and that he was humble enough to enjoy talking with his fans. Rest In Peace, David Sanborn. You were the Greatest.
In my opinion, one of the most soulful saxophone players of all time. His sound was unmistakable, and you could feel he put his heart into every note. He was a musical blessing. Rest in peace, Mr. Sandborn.
I've been listening to David Sanborn since my high school days in the late 70s. I'm 61 now and still playing. His influence can never be measured. It's heart breaking that he is gone from us now, but his legacy will last. Thanks for this tribute Jay.
I started gigging at the age of 19. A good friend/drummer turned me on to David Sanborn. I'm 55 now, and still love him. I saw him at Cynthia Woodlands with Al Jarreau and then later in Corpus Christi a few years before Covid. I took my daughter who was playing sax in high school band. After the show, he met with fans and we got to meet him. He spoke with us for about two minutes. I shared with him how much I loved his music. He was humble, joked around and was the nicest guy to both of us. I still get emotional over some of his music (Smile, Run For Cover). You can tell he's been on a musical journey when you listen to his newer albums compared to his first works. I'm glad he's not suffering but will miss hearing new music from Sanborn. Awesome tribute Mr. J. Metcalf! Thank you.
It was a doctor who advised him to play the saxophone when he was a child to strengthen his breathing capacity following a serious illness (poliomyelitis). 😢 🎷🥰
RIP Mr Sandborn, your journey on earth is now complete. Go join that heavenly band with Grover Washington, George Duke, Joe Sample, Al Jarreau, David Bowie, Michael and Prince. You will live on through your incredible music.
@@JosephSalinas-r4r Wow, I was genuinely in shock that my favorite Sax player "ever" had passed away, and you took the time to correct me on the spelling of his last name. Thank you ever so much, I will certainly try to not make that mistake again. Please have a wonderful day.
I had the honor of hearing Dave Sanbirn way back in 1975 at The Bitter End in NYC. He was playing with The Brecker Brothers Band. At that time ‘Some Skunk Funk’ was the big song that everyone wanted to hear from the band. Well, Mike Brecker was playing Phenomenal Solos on this song, and he and Dave started trading solos, and David Sanborn was Absolutely Fantastic! So much so, that it became very competitive between these two friends, but Dave was holding his own and the audience was Loving It!! David Sanborn was one of the architects of what we now call ‘Smooth Jazz’ but believe me; he was the Real Deal on his sax, and ushered in a new style of sound and soloing on alto saxophone, by which legions of altoists have imitated and profitted from, for the past 50 years! God Bless you Mr. Sanborn, and ‘Thank You’ for your music!🎷,
I love both of those players; saw both live separately; got to meet Brecker, but sadly not Sanborn. I bet that experience was phenomenal! Have to admit I wish I had been there too! I hope they get to jam together again on the other side!
@@EricBlackmonGuitar I'm still sad that he is no longer with us, but I understand your point. He is truly in a much better place, playing his awesome saxophone in heaven.
I saw David Sanborn in concert at the Galaxy Theater in Anaheim California, they had a rotating stage and got to see him perform from every angle. He and Grover Washington Jr. were the saxophonists I most admired growing up. His playing inspired me to practice more until I was 15 years old I got to play with Grammy Award Winning Latin Jazz Artist Poncho Sanchez.
Dave and I have grown old together! I bought is first album back in 1975 when I was in college! Dave's improvisations were always spectacular and creative. I am blessed to have lots of Dave's vinyl in my collection. Dave I am sure going to miss you. Rest In Peace my friend. 🎷
Listening to “The dream’” still brings chills on my back and great memories …dancing to it with an ex-girlfriend in a club in Miami…what an amazing song
Thanks for posting Jay. As said by many other people already, he was an inspiration for me as kid getting started on sax back in elementary school in the '80's. A musical superhero.
Absolutely my biggest influence. He changed us all... and made saxophone way cooler in the world. A light bulb went off in my head the first time I saw him live. He was like a lead singer of a pop/rock band but with a saxophone. I thought... that makes all the sense in the world to me, and so here I am. What an indescribable loss. I have no words.
I saw David at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1994. He set the stage on fire with his intensity. To classify him as a jazz musician is to miss the essence of his genius. He was a musician for the Ages and his essence could easily fit within the genres of other music, as he proved again and again throughout his career. We all come and we all go, but it is what we do in between that tells our story. His is one of musical legend. RIP, David. And thanks for visiting us for awhile.
If you have not heard him on Michael Kamen's Concerto For Saxophone do yourself a favor and listen to it. That is how legends do it! R.I.P David Sanborn 🎷🙏🏼🕊️♥️
Even though he was diagnosed with lung disorder. David defeated this problem n came up by becoming a legend saxophonist. A great example to all human. Rest in peace sir David sanborn
RIP David Sanborn I love Ur music, I grew up listening to Ur music, Ur a big part of the soundtrack of my life. God Bless U as U move on to the next stage of being. Heaven's band just scored a major talent!
Crazy how I think if you were born in the early to mid 80s and played in band in middle and high school later on David Sanborn was the sound you were chasing on Alto.
My biggest influences as a sax player are David on alto and Kirk Whalum on tenor. Melodic, emotional and memorable. Was so sad when I heard the news. So glad I got to see him in person once in Kansas City around 2002.
Wow, reading these comments is super heart warming. I cried when I heard of David’s passing yesterday. His influence on me is immeasurable. I’m 46, and I now realize reading these comments I fall into a special club of people who as young impressionable musicians were not only influenced to pick up the sax by David Sanborn, but whose dad turned them on to his music at an early age. My dad was a semiprofessional musician in his earlier years and would play Sanborn albums for me at every chance he’d get. We spent hours on car rides listening to David, whistling and singing along to his iconic solos, oh those smooth pentatonic riffs and altissimo notes that just hit right. Man those were great memories. My dad even took me to Rayburns in Boston where David took his horns to get worked on, and I got my very first Dukoff metal mthpc so I could attempt to get that elusive Sanborn sound. I’m so grateful for those memories and the few times my dad and I got to see David perform live. My dad now has lymphoma and it’s a constant battle for him, so hearing David lost his battle with cancer hit close to home. It’s amazing how music can bring so many people together. My dad and I shared some of these very same memories yesterday as we reminisced and chatted about the legacy David leaves behind. My dad even reminded me how David got that iconic embouchure from when he was young and suffered from polio and started playing sax to develop his lungs. This one hurt, but I know his music and these memories will live on forever. Thank you David Sanborn! 🙏
David did a concert in my town and I went to see him perform. I was pretty close to the stage, and that man did things and made sounds on that horn that I thought were impossible. Because of him, I was inspired more than ever to play saxophone, which I am learning right now. R.I.P. David Sanborn. One of the GOAT.
Incredible tribute, Jay! Many saxophonists, including myself, were influenced by David's sound and playing. RIP, David Sanborn, your music will live on!
This is a fantastic tribute to David Sanborn which manages to capture most of my own personal favourite Sanborn solos. After seeing him live over 30 years ago, he inspired me to take up the Alto Sax. The extended solos on his own live concerts were particularly exciting, combining great rhythm & timing with a beautiful tone.
Thanks Jay for this post, the saddest news of the year. Would have been expected anywhere on page one. What an awesome tone and power, straight to the heart. 😢
The thing that stands out to me about David's playing is that you can just feel that he's getting exactly what he wants out of the horn. His artistic voice is so clear, intentional, and consistent. You just can't say that about many people.
Thank you Jay for the great video. I am very sad about his death. I would like to share my little story with you. About 30 years ago, I only had my first saxophone for 2 weeks when I heard his album "Straight to the Heart". In the song Smile he plays this incredible high note. D. At the time I didn't know anything about overtones and altissimo and I didn't have a teacher either. So I tried desperately to play this high note. Of course I didn't succeed. In my ignorance and desperation to finally play this high note, I must stress again that I had only had a saxophone for 2 weeks. So I went back to the music store and complained that there was something wrong with the saxophone because I couldn't play this high note with it. 😲🥺 I always think of that when I play the song today. And today I played it a lot. RIP. David Your Music will never forget
Thanks Jay( you are always appreciated) for the David Sanborn Tribute - Saxophone Legend. Almost a week now and its just so sad 😭 I have immense appreciation for so many saxophonists that I have listened to since the 2000s, looking for inspiration, motivation and to aspire as a better saxophonist. I love to listen to Brecker, Phil woods, Grover Washington Jr, Don Myrick, Kirk Whalum, Gerald Albright, Warren Hill, Kenny G, Dave Koz, and Candy Dulfer but of all of them DAVID SANBORN was the ultimate saxophonist I favoured. His tone and his style was so unique. One of the most important attributes of him was the ''effortless' ability to blend and create in all kinds of genres. He just had a profound effect. They say he was synonymous with smooth jazz (which he disinclined) but this wasn't what defined him. Sanborn was so versatile and technical that its ridiculous on how many artists, musicians and bands he sessioned with. And he had so much impact for over 5 decades! He had the 'free jazz' mental that he used with so much Soul in Pop, Blues, R&B and Rock. But that's just a personal opinion of why he was so set apart from the others from the modern era of 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s and the early 2020s. I found out on Monday.😭Not sure why I was listening to his playlists prior to the devastating news. Earphones locked in and I'm listening to: 1) You are everything 2) The Dream, 3) Maputo, 4) It's you, 5) Pearls 6) Everything must change 7)Lesley Ann 8) A tear for Crystal 9) When you smile 10) This Masquerade 11) Blue Beach 12) Come rain or come shine 13) Nobody does it better 14) Let's just say goodbye 15) Bums Cathedral 16) Neither one of us 17) Straight to the heart 18) Run for cover 19) Benny 20) Crossfire 21) Soul Serenade 22) Hey Girl and 23) Luxor. This has been my continued playlist everyday now. That 'Lethal Weapon Soundtrack for 1, 2 and 3 with Eric Clapton, is just so soulful and full of passion. His motifs, phrasing and licks is so beckoning! Moreover, the best version of "Knocking on heavens door" for all time has to be with Randy Crawford with Sanborn and Clapton from the film. There's just so much to deliberate on when it comes to David Sanborn! The Dave Letterman Show, Saturday Night Live and his own show as host - Night Music. Thank God for him hosting this and interacting with all musicians who came on that were featured. The one with Phil Woods was Gold!! We lost the most influential saxophonist ever. God bless your soul Mr Sanborn. Thank for the music and the inspiration to play the alto saxophone. May you rest in eternal musical peace ❤🙏
When I heard that amazing sax solo on Kenny Loggins' "Love Will Follow," that was the day I became a San Fan. He and Grover must be jammin' it up by now. Thanks for all the great music and memories!
Excellent tribute! In my opinion, I’ve never seen a musician with his caliber of talent seem so down to earth and humble, it all came out through the bell, earthy and passionate beyond measure. Side note: his song the Dream was played at our wedding (on cassette)during the ceremony, unforgettable day, we played it so loud no one could hear our vows . Sure going to miss him! Rest in peace David!
Started playing the sax again after 40 years. I told my music teacher, a young guy in his 20's about David Sanborn, he didn't have a clue who Sanborn was. Now I have to break the bad news about his passing. Talk about a heartbreak.
David Sanborn, influenced a lot of sax players including myself ..I met David Sanborn, about 2018 after his concert in Charlotte, as I was introduced as a member of the R &B Pop group Chairmen Of The Board, he immediately broke out singing our hit record “ Give Me Just a Little More Time” it floored me..I will cherish that forever. R.I P. David Sanborn
It's so sad when these Legends Pass! We can always hear them from the brilliant music they've performed from previous songs, but to know that we won't be seeing them any longer as Amazing music just seems to be fading? Hoping the newer generation and genres realize and take flight!
DAMN DAVID, I HAD NO IDEA, MY EARS HAVE BEEN FINE TUNED 2 THIS GUY 4 SOME TIME NOW, HIM, RONNIE LAWS, & SOME OF MY OTHER FAVORITE'S FROM WAY BACK WHEN. WHEN IT COMES 2 MUSIC, (GOD) HAS HAD ME ALL OVER THE PLACE 4 MANY MOON'S, & IT ALL STARTED WIT MY DAD, ALL HE WOULD GIVE HIS EARS 2 WAS JAZZ WAY 2 GO. ( 3 )
One of Daves great attributes was his ability to construct a solo by the use of tension and release .He knew exactly at what point to burn with fast passages and when to hold back and I found this skill far more musically satisfying than listening to someone endlessly shredding through bar after bar of hemidemisemiquavers . I would also like to argue that his solo at the beginning of David Bowie's Young Americans makes it one of the most memorable intros in 70s pop / Soul tracks .
RIP David Sanborn.. This is the very man that got me interested in Jazz.. while in college I found a broken cassette tape in the grass while heading to my dorm. It had the name David Sanborn on it, I thought that was the owner.. LOL.. took it to my room and spliced it together...played and fell in love with it...I'm a real Smooth Jazz lover now, and it's all because of this Man. I had never seen him in person, but was really looking forward to it this year on the Smooth Jazz Cruise...Rest In Peace Master Saxophonist David Sanborn!!!
I heard David play on a Cleveland based band, Micheal Stanley Band. The song was mostly him just jamming. 'Choice and Sanborn' I Think. It was the lasts song on the album called Lady's Choice. I was hooked! I loved it so much I made my son learn to play sax in high school marching band. It's on u-tube and I urge anyone who was a Sanborn fan, play it!
rip david sanborn he played sax on my favorite paul simon song still crazy after all those years i gotta learn how to play that solo just like him rip david you will be sorely missed in the saxophone community
Very sad to hear about David’s passing. His passion and soulful sax will be missed. I am a sax player and he has been a major inspiration and influence on my sax performances for years. Rest in Peace. Jay, thank you for your tribute to a great musician.
My birthday was May 11th and the man who caused me to pick up the alto saxophone 🎷 died May 12th. RIP Mr David Sanborn May Allah welcome you to Jannah InshaAllah
Sanborn opened my eyes to what saxophone could be while I was a high school student in the 90s. His playing was so emotive and instantly recognizable, which are qualities that are lacking in most saxophonists. He will be missed.
Thanks, Jay, so much for breaking the sad news with this wonderful remembrance. Other than Cannonball, his was the sound to end all alto sounds. I feel I’ve lost a piece of my musical heart.
I'm so sadden by this news, I grew up as a young sax player In the 80s always trying play like the sax screamer David Sanborn he will truly be missed... make that sax scream loud and clear in heaven Dave cause ill be listening Rest well my friend.
In addition to being a great musician, Sanborn hosted the best music variety show of all time, "Night Music" and played often with many of his guests in many genres (jazz, rock, folk, ). Perhaps his passing will prompt the re-issue of that superb series.
Legendary player and definitely a great loss. . Loved his Upfront album and his covering the King Curtis classic Soul Serenade. Grant rest O Lord to the soul of David in a place of brightness and verdure where sickness, sorrow, and sighing have fled away. May his memory be eternal!
Holding back the tears. One of my first cassette tapes. Grew up listening to Sanborn as I kept playing alto. I dont think I want to know when Mangione passes (absolutely sucked that Chris Vadala and Gerry Niewood both passed too early). Chick Corea's passing in 2021 was a huge kick in the heart as well. The talent of all of them. Made the world such a better place.
