He was active as a session musician and played on numerous albums by artists including Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Sting, the Eagles, Rickie Lee Jones, James Brown, George Benson, Carly Simon, Elton John, Bryan Ferry, Ween, and The Rolling Stones. Sanborn released more than 20 albums and won six Grammy awards.
In 2012, Sanborn was described by critic Scott Yanow as “the most influential saxophonist on pop, R&B and crossover players of the past 20 years.” He became identified with radio-friendly smooth jazz, although he disliked the term and said he was not a jazz musician. Sanborn was born in 1945 in Tampa, Florida, where his father was stationed in the US Air Force. David grew up in Kirkwood, Missouri, a western suburb of St Louis. He contracted polio at the age of three. He “accepted his fate stoically” and endured a “miserable childhood”. He was confined to an iron lung for a year, and polio left him with impaired respiration and a left arm shorter than the right.
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Marcus Miller, George Duke, David Sanborn – Run for cover
Chicago Song
Hideaway
Ft. Bob James – Maputo
Ft. Bob James – It’s You
The Dream
Straight To The Heart
Love Will Come Someday
Goodbye