David Sanborn

David Sanborn
David Sanborn, San Francisco 2003
Surnom	Dave Sanborn
Nom	David Sanborn
Naissance	30 juillet 1945 (1945-07-30) (66 ans) Tampa, Floride
Activité principale	Saxophoniste Chanteur Compositeur
Genre musical	Jazz Fusion Rhythm'n'Blues
Instruments	Saxophone
Années d'activité	1967 à aujourd'hui
Labels	Verve Decca Warner Bros
Site officiel	www.davidsanborn.com
Entourage	Brecker Brothers Marcus Miller

David Sanborn (né le 30 juillet 1945) est un saxophoniste américain, associé au smooth jazz, mais dont le jeu s'étend néanmoins à des styles comme le jazz, le blues, le rhythm'n'blues, et plus généralement le jazz fusion.

Participant à un nombre important d'enregistrements studios depuis les années 1970, il s'est également fait connaître par ses diverses présences scéniques dans le monde entier.

Biographie

David Sanborn est né le 30 juillet 1945 à Tampa, en Floride et a grandi à Kirkwood, dans le Missouri.

Atteint de poliomyélite encore enfant, son père décida de lui offrir un saxophone pour lui renforcer la cage thoracique.

Il débuta dans l'orchestre de Paul Butterfield, avec lequel il développe le son qui le rendra célèbre: un son riche, ample, qui le fait parfois comparer à celui d'un saxophone ténor. Après 4 années dans le groupe^[1], il entame une carrière prolifique de session man. On le verra notamment avec des artistes aussi reconnus que Gil Evans, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie sur l'album "Young Americans" ou Sting sur le titre "It's probably me" tiré de la BO de l'Arme Fatale 3..

Envol

En 1975, l'album Taking Off ouvre la voie à une nouvelle carrière d'enregistrements studio sous son nom. L'œuvre, ainsi que les 3 suivantes, permettent à David Sanborn de confirmer son aisance et son style sur des compositions latines, funky ou intimistes au côté de Don Grolnick, Hiram Bullock ou Buzzy Feiten.

Maturité

C'est véritablement avec l'album Hideaway que David Sanborn affirme son talent, tant stylistique (Hideaway) que créatif (Lisa, qui sera repris tout au long de sa carrière).

Style

Si le son de David Sanborn s'est révélé rapidement (depuis le Butterfield Blues Band), son jeu et ses techniques d'improvisation ont évolué tout au long de sa carrière. Une approche directe et globale peut être de mesurer ce jeu selon les diverses époques que le saxophoniste a traversé: west coast, latin jazz, disco funk, fusion, pop rock, acid jazz, rhythm'n'blues, blues.

Discographie

Albums

1975 : Taking Off (Warner Bros Records) Butterfat (S. Khan) Way 'cross Georgia (C.T. Perkinson) Duck Ankles (S. Khan) Funky Banana (D. Matthews) The Whisperer (D. Grolnick) It took a long time (R. Brecker) Black light (D. Matthews) Blue night (D. Matthews) Flight (D. Matthews)

1976 : David Sanborn (Warner Bros Records) Indio (R. De Leon) Smile (C.T. Perkinson/paroles Paul Simon) Mamacita (R. De Leon) Herbs (H. Bushler) Concrete Boogie (H. Bullock) I do it for your love (Paul Simon) Sophisticated Squaw (V. Lewis) 7th Ave. (V. Lewis)

1977 : Promise Me to the Moon (Warner Bros Records) Promise me the moon (D. Kortchmar) Benjamin (J. Taylor) Stranger's arms (D. Kortchmar) Heart Lake (M. Egan) The rev. (H. Bullock) We fool ourselves (H. Bullock) Morning Salsa (R. De Leon/H. Bushler) The legends of Cheops (V. Lewis)

1978 : Heart to Heart (Warner Bros Records) Solo (Jaffe, Levine, Spinozza) Short visit (John Simon) Theme from "Love is not enough" (C.T. Perkinson) Lotus Blossom (D. Grolnick) Heba (D. Sanborn) Sunrise Gospel (H. Bushler) Anywhere I wander (Loesser)

1979 : Hideaway (Warner Bros Records) Hideaway (D. Sanborn) Carly's song (D. Sanborn) Anything you want (D. Sanborn/ Michael Mc Donald) The seduction (love theme) (Giorgio Moroder) Lisa (D. Sanborn) If you would be mine (Michael Colina) Creeper (D. Sanborn/ John Evans) Again and again (D. Sanborn/ Michael Mc Donald)

1981 : Voyeur (Warner Bros Records) Let's just say goodbye (D. Sanborn) It's you (D. Sanborn) Wake me when its's over (D. Sanborn/ Marcus Miller) one in a million (D. Sanborn) Run for cover (Marcus Miller) All I need is you (Marcus Miller) Just for you (Marcus Miller) Again and again (Marcus Miller)

1981 : As We Speak (Warner Bros Records) Port of call (Michael Sembello/ Dan Sembello) Better believe it (Marcus Miller) Rush hour (Marcus Miller) Over and over (Marcus Miller/ Don Freeman) Back again (Don Freeman/ Dennis Belfield) As We Speak (D. Sanborn/ Michael Sembello) Straight to the heart (Marcus Miller) Rain on christmas (D. Sanborn) Love will come sunday (Michael Sembello/ David Batteau)

1983 : Backstreet (Warner Bros Records) I told us so (D. Sanborn/ H.Bullock) When you smile at me (D. Sanborn) Believer (Marcus Miller) Backstreet (D. Sanborn) A tear for Crystal (Marcus Miller/ D. Sanborn) Bums Cathedral (D. Sanborn/ Michael Colina) Blue beach (D. Sanborn) Neiter one of us (Jim Weatherly)

1984 : Straight to the heart (Live) (Warner Bros Records) Hideaway () Straight to the heart () Run for cover () Smile () Lisa () Love and Happiness () Lotus Blossom () One hundred ways ()

1986 : Double Vision (Warner Bros Records) Maputo (Marcus Miller) More than friends (Marcus Miller) Moon tune (Bob James/ D. Sanborn) Since I fell for you (Woodrow Buddy Johnson) It's you (D. Sanborn) Never enough (Bob James/ D. Sanborn) You don't know me (Cindy Walker/ Eddy Arnold) Luthor (Copyright control) Hey Girl (Carole King/ Gerry Goffin)

1987 : A Change of Heart (Warner Bros Records) Chicago Song (Marcus Miller) Imogene (Marcus Miller) High Roller (D. Sanborn/ Michael Colina) Tintin (Philippe Saisse ) Breaking point (D. Sanborn/ Michael Colina) A Change of Heart (D. Sanborn/ Michael Colina) Summer (Ronnie Foster) The dream (Michael Sembello)

1988 : Close Up (Warner Bros Records) Slam (Marcus Miller) J.T. (Marcus Miller) Lesley Ann (Michael Ruff/ D. Sanborn) Goodbye (Marcus Miller/ D. Sanborn) Samegirl (Randy Newman) Pyramid (Marcus Miller/ D. Sanborn) Tough (Marcus Miller/ D. Sanborn) So far away (D. Sanborn) You are everything (Thomas Bell/ Linda Creed) Camel Island (Marcus Miller)

1991 : Another Hand (Warner Bros Records) First song (Charlie Haden) MoniCa Jane (Bill Frisell) Come to me, nina (Terry Adams) Hobbies (Terry Adams) Another Hand (Marcus Miller) Jesus (Lou Reed) Weird from one step beyond (Harry Lubin) CEE (D. Sanborn/ Terry Adams) Medley (George Dunning/ Bernard Hermann) Dukes and Counts (Marcus Miller)

1992 : Upfront (Warner Bros Records) Snakes (Marcus Miller) Benny (Marcus Miller) Crossfire (Marcus Miller/ D. Sanborn) Full House (Marcus Miller/ D. Sanborn) Soul Serenade (Curtis Ousley/ Luther Dixon) Hey (Marcus Miller/ D. Sanborn/ Ricky Peterson/ Steve Jordan/ William S. Patterson) Bang Bang (Jaime Sabater/ Joe Cuba) Alcazar (Marcus Miller/ D. Sanborn) Ramblin' (Ornette Coleman)

1994 : Hearsay (Warner Bros Records) Savanna (D. Sanborn/ Richard Patterson) The long goodbye (Marcus Miller/ D. Sanborn) Little face (Marcus Miller) Got to give it up (Marvin Gaye) Jaws (Marcus Miller/ D. Sanborn) Mirage (Marcus Miller/ D. Sanborn) Big foot (Marcus Miller/ D. Sanborn) Back to Memphis (Marcus Miller/ D. Sanborn) Ojiji (D. Sanborn/ Don Alias/ Steve Jordan/ William S. Patterson)

1995 : Pearls (Warner Bros Records) Willow weep for me (Ann Ronell) Try a little tenderness (Harry Woods/ Jimmy Campbell/ Reg Connelly) Smoke gets in your eyes (J. Kern/ O. Harbach) Pearls (Sade Adu/ Andrew Hale) For all we know (J. Fred Coots/ Sam M. Lewis) Come rain or come shine (Johnny Mercer/ Harold Arlen) This masquerade (Leon Russell) Everything must change (Bernard Ighner) Superstar (Leon Russell. Bonnie Bramlett) Nobody does it better (Carole Bayer Sager/ Marvin Hamlisch)

1996 : Songs from the Night Before (Warner Bros Records) Relativity (D. Sanborn/ Ricky Peterson) D.S.P. (D. Sanborn/ Ricky Peterson/ Paul Peterson) Rikke (D. Sanborn) Listen Here (Eddie Harris/ Lynn Keyes) Spooky (Michael Shapiro/ Harry Middlebrooks/ Buddy Buie/ J.R. Cobb) Missing You (D. Sanborn/ Ricky Peterson) Rumpelstiltskin (D. Sanborn/ Ricky Peterson) Infant eyes (Wayne Shorter) Southern exposure (D. Sanborn/ Ricky Peterson/ Paul Peterson)

1999 : Inside (Warner Bros Records) Corners (for Herbie) (Marcus Miller) Daydreaming (Aretha Franklin) Trance (Marcus Miller) Brother Ray (Marcus Miller) Lisa (D. Sanborn) When I'm with you (Marcus Miller) Naked moon (Marcus Miller) Cane (Me' Shell Ndegeocello) Ain't no sunshine (Bill Wither) Miss you (D. Sanborn)

2003 : Time Again (Verve) Comin' home baby (Ben Tucker) Cristo redentor (Duke Pearson) Harlem nocturne (Earle Hagen) Man from Mars (Joni Mitchell) Isn't She Lovely? (Stevie Wonder) Sugar (Stanley Turrentine) Tequila (Chuck Rio) Little Flower (D. Sanborn) Spider b. (D. Sanborn/ Ricky Peterson) Delia (D. Sanborn)

2005 : Closer (Verve) Tin tin Deo (Gil Fuller) Senor Blues (Horace Silver) Don't let me lonely tonight (James Taylor) Smile (Charles Chaplin) Enchantment (Horace Silver) Ballad of the sad young men (Tommy Wolf/ Fran Landesman) Another time, another place (D. Sanborn) Capetown Fringe (Abdullah Ibrahim) Poinciana (NAt Simon/ Buddy Bernier) You must believe in spring (Michel Legrand/ Aln Bergman/ MArilyn Bergman/ Jacques Demy) Sofia (D. Sanborn)

2008 : Here and Gone (Decca) Saint Louis Blues (W.C. Handy) Brother Ray (Marcus Miller) I'm gonna move to the outskirts of town (Roy Jordan/ William Weldon) Basin' street Blues (Spencer Williams) Stoney lonesome (Hank Crawford) I believe to my soul (Ray Charles) What will I tell my heart (Peter Tinturin/ Jack Lawrence/ Irving Gordon) Please send me someone to love (Percy Mayfield) I've got news for you (Roy Alfred)

2010 : Only Everything (Decca) The peeper (Hank Crawford) Only Everything (D. Sanborn) Hard times (Paul F. Mitchell) Let the good time rolls (Fleecie Moore/ Sam Theard) Baby won't you please come home (Charles Warfield/ Clarence Williams) You've changed (Bill Carey/ Carl Fischer) Hallelujah, I love her so (Ray Charles) Blues in the night (Harold Arlen/ Johnny Mercer)

Compilations

1994 : The Best of David Sanborn (Warner Bros Records) Chicago Song () The Dream () Let's Just Say Goodbye () Slam () Lesley Ann () Carly's Song () Anything You Want () A Tear for Crystal () Over and Over () Rain on Christmas () Hideaway () It's You () As We Speak () Lisa () Neither One of Us Lyrics (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) () Lotus Blossom ()

1995 : Love Songs (Warner Bros Records) All I Need Is You (Marcus Miller) Straight To The Heart (Marcus Miller) One In A Million () It's You () The Seduction (Giorgio Moroder) Imogene (Marcus Miller) You Don't Know Me (Eddy Arnold, Cindy Walker) You are everything (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) I Do It For Your Love (Paul Simon) When You Smile At Me () Lisa (D. Sanborn) The water is wide (Linda Ronstadt)

2002 : The Essentials (Warner Bros Records) Chicago Song () Bang Bang () Smile () Anything You Want () Neither One Of Us () I Told You So () Love & Happiness () Slam () Knockin' On Heaven's Door () Smoke Gets In Your Eyes () Nobody Does It Better () This Masquerade ()

Participations

▼ Années 1960 ▼

• The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw / Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1967)
• In My Own Dream / Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1968)
• Keep on Moving / Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1969)

 

▼ Années 1970 ▼

• Live / Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1970)
• Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin' / Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1971)
• Svengali　/ Gil Evans　(1973)
• Gil Evans' Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix　/ Gil Evans　(1974)
• Upchurch/Tennyson　/ Phil Upchurch & Tennyson Stephens　(1975)
• Second Childhood　/ Phoebe Snow　(1975)
• The Manhattan Transfer　/ The Manhattan Transfer　(1975)
• Beck　/ Joe Beck　(1975)
• Brecker Brothers 　/ Brecker Brothers　(1975)
• There Comes A Time / Gil Evans & His Orchestra　(1975)
• Teaser / Tommy Bolin (1975)
• Anything Goes　/ Ron Carter　(1975)
• The Chicago Theme　/Hubert Laws　(1975)
• Mark Murphy Sings　/Mark Murphy　(1975)
• Primal Scream　/Maynard Ferguson Orchestra　(1975)
• The Rape of El Morro　/ Don Sebesky　(1975)
• Jaco Pastorius　/ Jaco Pastorius　(1976)
• What A Difference A Day Makes　/ Ester Phillips　(1975)
• Back to Back 　/ Brecker Brothers　(1976)
• All American Alien Boy　/ Ian Hunter　(1976)
• Tropea　/ John Tropea　(1976)
• Aspects　/ Larry Coryell　(1976)
• Still Can't Say Enough　/ John Lee & Gerry Brown　(1976)
• House of the Rising Sun 　/ Idris Muhammad　(1976)
• Gate Of Dreams　/The Claus Ogerman Orchestra　(1976)
• Dune　/ David Matthews　(1977)
• Fork It Over　/ The Section　(1977)
• Love Play　/ Mike Mainieri　(1977)
• Burnin' At The Stake　/ The Domenic Troiano Band　(1977)
• Priestess　/ Gil Evans　(1977)
• Spinozza　/ David Spinozza　(1977)
• Tightrope　/ Steve Khan　(1977)
• Electric Guitarist　/ John McLaughlin　(1978)
• Touchdown　/ Bob James　(1978)
• Electric Guitarist　/Wilbert Longmire　(1978)
• The Blue Man 　/Steve Khan　(1978)
• On The Move　/Jun Fukamachi (1978)
• Jun Fukamachi & The New York All Stars Live /Jun Fukamavhi (1978)
• Electric Dreams　/ John McLaughlin With One Truth Band　(1978)
• Live at the Royal Festival Hall　/ Gil Evans　(1978)
• Difference　/ Larry Coryell　(1978)
• To Touch You Again　/ John Tropea　(1978)
• The Path　/ Ralph MacDonald　(1978)
• In Your Eyes　/ George Benson　(1978)
• Touch My Love　/ Webster Lewis　(1978)
• Tiger In The Rain　/ Michael Franks　(1979)
• Arrows　/ Steve Khan　(1979)
• Casiopea　/ Casiopea　(1979)
• Stargazer　/ Gordon Michaels (1979)

 

▼ Années 1980 ▼

• Super Funky Sax　/ David Matthews　(1980)
• Hollywood　/ Maynard Ferguson　(1981)
• Sleepwalk　/ Larry Carlton　(1981)
• Torch　/ Carly Simon　(1981)
• First Class Vagabond　/ Hiram Bullock　(1982)
• Pyramid　/ Terumasa Hino (1982)
• Suddenly　/ Marcus Miller　(1982)
• Grand Cross　/ David Matthews　(1982)
• Rendezvous　/ Jorge Dalto & Superfriends　(1983)
• A Day In The Paradise / Masaru Imada (1983)
• Neesh　/ Mike Stern　(1983)
• Night - Lines　/ Dave Grusin　(1983)
• Electric Outlet　/ John Scofield　(1984)
• Perfect Guy　/ Marcus Miller　(1984)
• Pin Point　/ Ronnie Cuber With David Sanborn　(1985)
• Journeyman / Eric Clapton (1989)

 

Distinctions

Grammy Awards

• 1999: Contemporary Jazz Performance - Inside
• 1988: Best Pop Instrumental Performance - Close up
• 1987: Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance - A Change of Heart ("Chicago song")
• 1986: Best Jazz Fusion Performance - Double Vision
• 1985: Best Jazz Fusion Performance - Straight to the Heart
• 1981: Best Rhythm & Blues Instrumental Performance - Voyeur ("All I need is you")

Bibliographie

Partitions :

• The Best Of David Sanborn. Hal Leonard (Saxophone Partitions)
• David Sanborn Collection. Hal Leonard (Saxophone Partitions)
• Jamey Aebersold Jazz Tome 103 - David Sanborn - Songs. Jamey Aebersold (Saxophone Partitions, CD minus one)

Magazines:

• Jazz Journal International - "Straight to the heart", Mark Gilbert, page 8. Volume 38, n°4 (04/1985)
• Wire - "Pushing to the limits", Richard Cook, page 32. Sortie 55 (09/1988)
• Jazziz - "The Genuine article", Lee Jeske, page 42. Volume 16, n°7 (07/1999)

Filmographie

Live, concerts, apparitions TV

• Live at Montreux (1981, 1984)
• Straight to the Heart (1984)

Fictions (compositeur, instrumentiste ou acteur)

• Lethal Weapon
• Stella Sulla Citta

Notes et références

1. ↑ David Sanborn a participé au Paul Butterfield Blues Band de 1967 à 1971 visible ici

Liens externes

• The Official Community of David Sanborn
• David Sanborn's Italian Fan Club