David Sanborn

David Sanborn is one of the most influential and successful saxophonists who stretches musical genres from instrumental pop to R&B to straight forward jazz. He has released 24 albums—eight Gold and one Platinum and has won six Grammy Awards. Early in his career, Sanborn played the famed Woodstock festival with the Butterfield Blues Band. Following that, Dave toured with Stevie Wonder and recorded for Wonder’s ground-breaking Talking Book album, played with The Rolling Stones, and toured with David Bowie with whom he recorded the famous solo heard on “Young Americans”.  Constantly pushing the limits and challenging music categorization, Dave has found ease playing a multitude of styles and has collaborated with the diverse likes of James Brown, Cat Stevens, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Luther Vandross, James Taylor, Gil Evans, Jack DeJohnette, Bill Frisell, Charlie Hayden, Wallace Roney, Kenny Barron, Christian McBride, Marcus Miller and Eric Clapton.