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David Sanborn: Here & Gone
by Woodrow Wilkins
Whether contributing a solo for Steely Dan or backing up Maynard Ferguson, David Sanborn quickly made a name for himself as both a sideman and a bandleader more than three decades ago. And like a true musician, he keeps going and going. Sanborn journeys to the days of big bands and St. Louis clubs with Here & Gone. Sanborn effortlessly straddles the worlds of both pop and jazz. Among his contributions are the themes to Saturday Night Live ...
read moreDavid Sanborn: Closer
by Mark Sabbatini
David Sanborn may never again pack the wallop of his early solo career in the 1970s and '80s, but he's still a strong draw for many serious fusion fans and usually demonstrates enough innovation to keep things at least interesting.Closer continues revisiting his early career styles in the vein of 2003's Timeagain, bringing the core of that album's band to this early 2005 release. It's full of possibilities but doesn't quite achieve them, as the laid-back session fails ...
read moreDavid Sanborn: Closer
by Woodrow Wilkins
David Sanborn just keeps going and going. A voice that has remained at the forefront of contemporary jazz for three decades, Sanborn again demonstrates his staying power with Closer. He mixes old and new, offering two original tracks while covering some jazz classics and interpreting an endearing pop tune. Sanborn and his supporting cast pay tribute to such music legends as Horace Silver and James Taylor.The sense of open-minded adventurousness that's helped make Sanborn a musical icon is ...
read moreDavid Sanborn: Inside
by Ian Nicolson
Since the days when he left his hometown St Louis to play for the Butterfield Blues Band during the sixties Blues boom in California, Sanborn has worked hard at staying top dog among the LA studio sessioneers - and succeeded.He has also commuted effortlessly between sophisticated Jazzpop solo albums stressing his distinctive alto tone and R'n'B roots, and the occasional full-ahead Jazz outing - like 1990's Another Hand, or Upfront a year or two later. This time he's ...
read moreDavid Sanborn: Songs From the Night Before
by Dave Hughes
The new CD from David Sanborn was billed as a return his funky, contemporary style after his recent diversions into standards with strings ( Pearls ) and straight-ahead ( Another Hand ). However, I found this album to be different from most of his previous works in that it is more blues and R&B oriented. The tunes are all good, but they are all performed in the same dark, sultry, blues-drenched mid-tempo setting. I would have enjoyed a little more ...
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