HOW DO I START, THIS EPISODE IS A BITTERSWEET EPISODE FOR ME. ONE OF MY FAVE MUSICIANS, SAXOPHONIST DAVID SANBORN, PASSED AWAY ON SUNDAY, MAY 12TH, AT THE AGE OF 78. SANBORN HAD BEEN IN A BATTLE WITH PROSTATE CANCER, A BATTLE THAT HE FOUGHT COURAGEOUSLY SINCE 2018.
FOR ME, IN MY LIFETIME, DAVID SANBORN WAS ONE OF MY FAVE MUSICIANS BECAUSE HIS MUSIC WAS WITH ME ALL DURING THE 22 1/2 YEARS I SERVED IN THE US NAVY. I CAN REMEMBER ALL THE WAYYY BACK TO 1981….WHEN I GOT STATIONED IN MISAWA, JAPAN. ONE OF MY REALLY GOOD FRIENDS HAD DAVID SANBORN’S HIDEAWAY ALBUM. I WAS ALWAYS HANGING OUT WITH MY MAN, WE’D BE LISTENING TO ALBUMS FOR HOURS AND HOURS ON END. AND THIS WAS ONE OF HIS RECORDS. I CAN REMEMBER LISTENING TO THIS RECORD AND I JUST BECAME ABSOLUTELY MESMERIZED AND FASCINATED WITH SANBORN’S DISTINCT SAX STYLE. I THINK IT WAS FROM THERE THAT I BECOME A HUGE FAN. OVER THE YEARS I ADDED QUITE A FEW OF HIS CASSETTES, ALBUMS, & AND CD’S TO MY COLLECTION. MY WIFE AND I GOT TO SEE HIM IN 2014 WHEN HE CAME HERE TO HAWAII TO PERFORM AND IT WAS AN AWESOME SHOW. SINCE DAVID’S PASSING THERE HAVE BEEN MANY, MANY TRIBUTES FROM HIS PEERS AND FAN’. IF YOU’RE A FAN OF DAVID SANBORN’S MUSIC AS MUCH AS I AM, AND ALWAYS WILL BE, I HIGHLY ENCORAGE YOU TO GO OUT THERE AND READ THEM. DAVID SANBORN WAS AN ARTIST WHO’S LEFT AN EVERLASTING LEGACY AND FOOTPRINT ON THE WORLD OF MUSIC .

MY FAVE DAVID SANBORN ALBUMS:
DOUBLE VISION (WITH BOB JAMES, 1986)
HIDEAWAY (1980)
VOYEUR (1981)
STRAIGHT TO THE HEART (1984)

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