David Sanborn
David Sanborn
David Sanbornis an American alto saxophonist. Though Sanborn has worked in many genres, his solo recordings typically blend jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He released his first solo album Taking Off in 1975, but has been playing the saxophone since before he was in high school. Sanborn has also worked extensively as a session musician, notably on David Bowie's Young Americans...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSaxophonist
Date of Birth30 July 1945
CityTampa, FL
CountryUnited States of America
Maybe I call the shots, but it's not about them and me. It's about me as a part of everything.
Pop used to actually routinely sell 10 million records. Now if they get there at all it takes them quite awhile.
So I get it worked out beforehand so I can be really efficient in the studio.
Somebody like George Coleman has an approach and a pedagogical approach to teaching and can really kind of lay it out with exercises and demonstrations and different things that will improve your playing.
I started out, obviously, as a sideman, and I had some really good gigs as a sideman.
The music is going to change anyway, whether or not the record companies get behind it or not. The music is there, and it's happening, and it's going on out there.
They thought there was a market out there for instrumental music. They were trying to broaden their roster of artists. I got in on that.
You might have a slight edge in terms of leverage if you've had some past success, but I don't think that really goes very far.
There are some logistical and legal nightmares tied to that show, ... for me, the great thrill of doing that show was playing with people I've been a fan of.
When I was 17 or 18 and it was time to figure out what to do with my life, I realized that I didn't enjoy anything as much as I enjoyed playing music. I felt that I had no choice: that I had to become a musician.
The problem often times with trying to recreate some moment is that you kind of try to do part two or a sequel.
We were in Europe, and what's great about going to Europe, is you get a chance to hear a lot of really great music.
I was playing with James Taylor at the time. James agreed to let me open for him, if I played with him also. So I got to be the opening act and I got a lot of exposure that way.
Well, I really enjoyed the process of making the last album so much that it's like kind of not wanting the party to end in a way.