DAVID SANBORN 1981

DAVID SANBORN 1981
01-Love Is Not Enough
02- Lotus Blossom
03- Hideaway
David Sanborn -Alto Sax
Mike Mainieri -Vibraphone
Neil Larsen -Keyboards
Robben Ford -Guitar
Marcus Miller -Bass
Ricky Lawson - Drums
Lenny Castro -Percussion

[@charliemontholon]

The world has lost an unbelievable musician and human being. These videos are now for us still here to remember his talent. RIP.

[@fubarin8896]

Another youth hero has passed away. Now I am really getting old. Rest in peace and thanks for all the musical moments you gave us trough all those years.

[@silveraire]

Same here. But we may be getting old, and he left us, but his music lives on.

[@juneniemann391]

Love, Love, Love Rest in power David. You were/are loved!

[@cpg8000]

This is Sanborn at his best IMHO. What a golden age of modern jazz. He was great, and what a band!

[@keithk.3963]

Had to come back for another listen. What a band. The eulogies are all talking about Dave playing with Bowie and leaving it at that. Fair enough, but what about his influence on generations of sax players, myself included. Then, you have a band like this… and Dave sounding like only he could. When I was coming up, Some guys were saying, “he plays out of tune and he sounds like a duck”. You can’t tell me the guy didn’t have soul coming out of every note. There was a reason why so many wanted to have his style in their bag, even if it was only scratching the surface of the original. Sure, he did his own thing, but it was unique, special, and it kicked ass. RIP, Dave.

[@thebigeasytraveler6567]

❤❤

[@redt4056]

Know Sanborn's music in Jazz, sad they don't acknowledge that only speak of his playing with Bowie, most younger folks not exposed to smooth jazz as I was living in a major big city with jazz radio stations, now there's only one from NJ.

[@fairweatherbird]

Great set by Sanborn and Co. 4 of these guys played again with Michael Brecker the next night headed up by Mike Mainieri on vibes.

[@JackieLastrada]

Thanks for posting this....just came across this. This is SO GOOD!!! I was a high school senior in ’81 and he was and still is my sax inspiration. i still have this album in my collection. Wow!!!❤🙌🏾 R.I. P. Dave.💔

[@Alastair6]

I got a chance to meet him and chat for a few minutes. He has been an incredible influence in my life. R.I.P. David Sanborn

[@fabtomasyeah3629]

Quel son unique ! un phrasé unique ! Merci David Sanborn qui a inspiré tant de saxophonistes !

[@breckerfan]

Wow...Sanborn on a Yamaha YAS-62!!! That's a first!

[@thebigeasytraveler6567]

Yeah I missed the switch. I thought he was purely Mark VI. Nonetheless, OUTSTANDING ❤

[@thrushjz]

He had an endorsement deal with Yamaha but it didn't last long. I think it changed his sound and not for the better.

[@bradsasher7196]

STILL SOUNDS LIKE HIM BUT THE YAMAHA IS GREAT TOO! NOT HIS 6 THOUGH

[@ivarwinter3049]

I had the opportunity to work with Sanborn in 1988. He was on tour to promote "Chicago Song". Met him at the concert the night before and when he walked into the studio the next day, it was ... Point fingers at each other and laugh. The rest of the day was laying down track ideas that he was getting from the start of the tour. Good horn player but had a little trouble with Canadian beer... Haha

[@user-to9dt6lb2c]

Смотрю и плачу 😢😢😢😢😢

[@johnblack9921]

Oh my God. This is why I am a David Sanborn fan

[@mrfersax]

My Hero ❤❤❤

[@jamescorum3643]

WOW thank you for posting this amazing archive of David Sanborn !!! He's has been one of my biggest influences !!! Him , Kenny Garrett, Phil Woods ... legendary Alto players !

[@TheZaThe]

Thank you for sharing this ❤❤❤

[@user-to9dt6lb2c]

Жаль,как жаль,Дэвид,ты моя молодость ❤😢

[@user-kj2mx7op9o]

最高のメンツ‼︎ このアルバム　カジノライツ出た時聴きまくりました　マーカスミラー　ハイダウエイのベースソロコピーしました　今でもお手本のプレイですね‼︎ グルーヴ　フレーズ　音色　最高！！この音を出すには基本アッシュボディ　メイプル指板のジャズベース　マーカスが広めましたね。

[@thrushjz]

I met David at Red Rocks Ampitheater in Denver. Our light man on tour was also his light man. He got me into the show and backstage. David walked up to me with a smile and said " Who do you play with man?!" And I said "its a Christian Rocker named Steve Taylor" who was quite popular in the 80s. David said " Thats cool man!" Total encouraging and supportive of a younger player. Ill never forget it. Wish I wouldve got a photo. R.I.P.

[@andrewcolon2379]

My first jazz favorite, I was a TOTAL Sanborn fan 18 years old but man I thought he was the greatest. I'm almost 60 and his music moves me to this very day. I read something about him having to be in an iron lung 🫁, when he was younger. What a pair of lungs this man has. Thank you for your music D.S.

[@LipoYin007]

Thanks

[@GreggStreicher]

Don't know if he was in an iron lung, but I know he had polio.

[@Pluggit1953]

It’s all about the diaphragm.

[@savanahbolt]

I've seen him live a few times. A tremendously powerful, emotive player who's been much imitated, but never matched. RIP David Sanborn.

[@WilliamChafin-ps9vw]

Jesus loves us all 🙏💓💓--Luke 18:14&14:11--Dr.DS--Like little kid maybe == 🤔 In Heaven we'll have our harps (& a zillion new jazz instruments ( & like Dr. Kim Nicole Kardashian esquire said/we'll Jam the 🌃🌉 night and Jesus day awaaaaay 😲😳 Let go and let God....

[@user-to9dt6lb2c]

Красивый человек ❤❤❤- во всех смыслах

[@Keyboardman88]

Miller and Sanborn have been collaborating for ever. Great team.

[@thecandyman9308]

Hideaway rocks!!

[@FixiousMaximus]

0:00 Love Is Not Enough 11:10 Lotus Blossom 19:30 The musicians 20:10 Hideaway

[@saxcover.]

Thanks🥰

[@SuperRalka]

Awesome! Thnx 4 sharing! 🙏🏽

[@newmoon54]

HIDEAWAY ....... OUCH !!! SANBORN AND COMPANY...... KICKIN ASS .... AROUND THE WORLD~!~

[@mariobiafora6839]

Memorabile live inarrivabile .....Mitico Sanborn e mitica band 🎶🎶🎶🎶💯

[@michaeldew1508]

Man I was too young to appreciate his full talent then. Keep playing David! LOVE these archives!

[@darylcadman2863]

I picked that talent, even then..... Followed him since. I remember him before Marcus Miller on Bass. But don't remember who it was without pulling out all my vinals.

[@missannethrope8956]

Oh, this takes me & my heart back to those years! David with his bluesy, soulful sound and Mike Manieri superb on vibes. Marcus Miller layin it down. My sweetheart (Mark Colby) was traveling with Bob James in those days. Recall how David, Mark and I had a laugh (several years later) about the "reed shrine" kept my most sax players! Still have cases in my house. 🥰😎

[@IndustryPlay360]

Mark Colby got me a my friends backstage to meet Bob James after a mindblowing concert in Chicago. Please tell Mark that was one of the greatest moments of me and my best friend's life. I will never forget it. This was mid 80's. BJ is my fave musician of all-time, Mark was playing with this orchestra Bob put together, it was incredible. Can't thank Mark enough. Please let him know @MissAnneThrope

[@michaeldean9338]

God Bless, Mark. He was one of the reasons I wanted to play tenor, (though I was still playing clarinet at the time.) I finished high school in nearby Homestead, FL, Because I'd take clarinet lessons at U of M-- and I was interested in their Studio-Jazz program, it was how I began learning about the legacy of the great saxophonists they produced. I research and listen to as many as I could. Colby blew me away the first time I heard him on a Ferguson album. God Bless him. Thanks for being an early inspiration.

[@ricardohavertong2108]

Oooohhh man, this is such great stuff!! A lot of his later live album "Straight to the heart". But this line up... mannnn! Mike Maneiri in his best period..Ricky Lawson (one of the most underrated drummers in drumtalk...he could play anything!!!), Robben Ford also from his Yellowjackets period before playing almost exclusively blues, Marcus Miller..Davids soulmate from this time on.. Neil Larssen..amazing player...jazz with so much soul to it!!!! With the Yellowjackets/almost same line up they performed on this same Montreux festival Casino Lights with Al Jarreau and Randy Crawford on vocals. That album was my introduction to fusion in 1983 being 17 years old and I've been a fan ever since!!!

[@LipoYin007]

so

[@newmoon54]

Actually, Ricky Lawson's career took off into outer space around this time! He of course was great in the Yellow jackets, but got snatched up by Michael Jackson on a few tours. He played with so many great musicians and bands! So, don't think that he was underated!!! He died of an aneurysm in 2013. He was an extremely syncopated drummer!

[@pnwjazzer5849]

Casino Lights, Royal Jam by The Crusaders and Sanborn's Hideaway are the first 3 albums I bought (of this genre of music).

[@hoodedsinger9990]

wow! what an all star cast! fantastic!

[@jolidondafia938]

Love Love Love, respect Respect affection ❤❤❤❤❤ Dors en paix ❤❤❤

[@karimsadik1366]

J'écoute ça dans le train qui avait 1 h de r tard pour Orléans heureusement que ils était la merci. A tout s l'équipe 🥳🥰 de m'avoir fait un très bon voyage ( magique 🥳🥳🥳

[@pauls.7617]

This is what made me want to play the sax...I still have this album from the heart to heart album. Thanks for uploading this .❤️

[@yugyugyug2447]

La grande époque, ces années là. Merci et bonjour de France

[@monwabisimayinje1536]

Maestro at work..David Sanborn pure organic stuff full band...just beautiful

[@surfyogi]

only 40 years ago, if you remember seeing them during this time, u r a dinosaur, so be it. BEST time in music for many reasons; Zappa, Marcus Miller, David Sanborn, George Duke, they were so great to get out and see, and there there was Prince...

[@jimmontgomery904]

I sawDavid Sanborn around that time with Al Jarreau as the opening act. What a great double bill!

[@johnasti5239]

I'm so lucky I'm a dinosaur!!!! I got to see this and Randy, Mike, Sanborn on the stage at 7th Ave South. So lucky to have experienced being a dinosaur!!!!

[@StudioGREGORIO]

@@jimmontgomery904 I think David opened for Al then or maybe they just switched every other. Great times. Saw them at THE FRONT ROW in Cleveland.

[@darwingsantillan7257]

David sanborn y un exelente marco musical todoa grandes maestros

[@rickyricardo7242]

40 years ago! I didn't even recognize him!

[@LipoYin007]

OK

[@VeriteProductions1]

Thanks for sharing this. I was at the festival with a college band and I remember this concert. They rocked the house.

[@kathleenkenyon4074]

Remarkable !

[@TheRebel-iv5ri]

Very good concert !

[@DirtyRed]

Man this is the best performance ever and the guy playing the marimba is a straight up beast wow

[@michaelaikins988]

Dirty Red. That beast is Michael Manieri from the band: Steps Ahead. Another heavy hitter group in the early eighties. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4ecdoejgd-Eq9U

[@dagostinoification]

J'ai adoré cette période ! je jouais avec Thierry Mineau un bassiste qui à fait un disque avec Billy Cobham ! on faisait du STUDIO en FRANCE ! quels magnifiques musiciens !

[@marycavender7136]

I remember him on the weather channel playing! That was also a treat!!🎼🎵🎶🎷🎹🎸🥁🎤🎧❤️

[@ShelZahav]

Timeless

[@Pluggit1953]

This recording is on Casino Lights on Warner Bros. records.

[@VeriteProductions1]

The energy in the house that night and assembly of talent was incredible their sound was fresh and electric. I had the opportunity coming back from playing a dinner gig and hearing them rehearsing charts the night before. A few were taking a break and me and my bass player went over and talked with some of the players. They thought my tux was hilarious. Unbelieveable time.

Tremendo material. Thank you Lipo

[@teretere9038]

what a great CD Heart to Heart

[@LipoYin007]

Infact David Sanborn 1984 YT can't view

[@marcusvolta6685]

A reel treat. Outstanding.

[@Mauriciovideomaker]

Truly the one and only!

[@rodneytaylor609]

I had a YAS62, great horn with a bright sound.

[@kamus8746]

Beautiful!

[@rafaellessa5942]

Geral groovando até dizer chegaaaa 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@alexallan-musicaaovivo500]

Great music. Accomplished musicians.

[@stefanotetominotti5487]

Super Sanborn!!! e poi ce Manieri, Miller.....

[@marigonzalezdiaz8121]

Excelente

[@fluidjazz]

I saw David In Manchester early 2000's and he was the reason I started playing Sax, it's a strange feeling to meet a person who has influenced your life so much. I turned up early to the concert and just so happen to drive round the back of the Venue and there was Marcus smoking what looked like a spliff! I pushed through to the front right at the end of the gig and he shook my hand, it was very soft and pliable but it was a moment I treasure, his talent didn't rub off on me though!

[@brianmatthews232]

Sanborn is reason I started playing too,I knew the moment I heard that expressive sound. Changed my life path in an instant 😃

[@brianmatthews232]

@Coffee4Closers shame, hope he enjoys playing tho. Sounds concept is in your head and manifestation is in your physical structure, embrochure and diaphragm. Horn make least difference, mouthpieces the most. You can hear sanborns sound change as transitioned from Yamaha to selmer Mk6. Yamaha more ringing sound, selmer fatter.

[@fluidjazz]

@Coffee4Closers I'm sure he appreciated your valuable support.....

[@Jordan-ll5eq]

Sanborn was a huge inspiration for me as well. My dad used to play the double vision album on a cassette tape in the car all the time when I was a kid.

[@brianmatthews232]

@@Jordan-ll5eq I learned to play all the album's as they came out😃

[@Jigumae4chome]

이게 뮤지션이다... 어렸을때 부터 잘들했구나

[@ahara683]

こりゃ、いいわ。モントルーはこの年が最高ですね。

[@BBT609]

Ricky Lawson on drums! I thought it would have been Buddy Williams! Great to see Robben Ford in guitar I think The Yellowjackets were gonna perform afterwards...so they took this one as well lol

[@volvo945]

If Ford leaving opened the slot for Bullock, I think everyone came out ahead.

[@davewray9909]

I lived for David's Heart To Heart album in the mid 70s and took up saxophone and music for a living as a result. (4 ARIA nominations later justified my choice to Mum & Dad). I equally treasured his contributions on Michael Franks' Art Of Tea and Sleeping Gypsy but his solo on Steve Kahn's Little Ones, from the Blue Man record is still is one of the the most life affirming performances ever committed to 'wax'. Here's a rip of it from my 40 year old vinyl copy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pn2WZmVoesSemrs

[@idahlia4851]

thanks for sharing this. awesome Sanborn solo

[@funklover24]

19:30 band-introduction Mike Mainieri, vibes Ricky Lawson, drums Marcus Miller, bass Robben Ford, guitar Lenny Castro, percussion Neil Larsen, keyboards

[@jolidondafia938]

❤❤❤❤❤❤ paix à votre âme 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@lucasmanhaes1767]

Super band!!

[@Zxx459]

Smooth jazz

[@SuperBeretta391]

Great drums rythm..!

[@SuperBeretta391]

Lipo friend...can you send me the link full of this album please...I am looking for a piece in that album...thnx..!

[@GlenMcGlone]

Lol look at baby-faced Robben Ford!!! 😀

[@Hubit01]

This is Montreux right? Mike Mainieri (Steps Ahead!) on vibes. Robben Ford (Yellowjackets!)on guitar, Niels Larsen on organ. Wow. what a bunch of gifted people.

[@LipoYin007]

No

[@Keyboardman88]

You left out Lenny Castro on percussion. He also did a lot of playing and studio work with Toto.

[@rinahall]

@Benoit Barbier it's germany (The Fabrik, Hamburg)

[@geerthurenkamp5058]

This is Montreux, '81.

[@saxshooter]

Definitely Montreux Jazz Festival. I have the album.

[@michaelosullivan9339]

All on the coke 😋 back on the good old days

[@bighorncountry]

Sanborn is playing a Yamaha? Wow!

[@michaellicko2746]

There was a brief time in the early 80’s where David Sanborn played Yamaha horns. It’s mentioned in the credits on his Backstreet album. Then he switched back to the Selmer and has been playing ever since. I’ve always been curious why he switched to Yamaha and then switched back. Maybe it was an endorsement thing.

[@wyndhl8309]

❤

[@newyorkfilharmonik110]

What a bunch of killers. That's co founder of "Steps Ahead" on the vibes and, there's just that "Steps Ahead" vibe when they play "Lotus Blossom".

[@michaellicko2746]

My man Al Pacino on vibes! 🤣

[@thomasmcalear8673]

THE DAVID LETTERMAN YEARS. CHECK THE HAIRCUT.

[@thecandyman9308]

As a saxophonist, someone tell me how he got that tone?

[@akinbolawrence4668]

Pentatonics ooooo🥵🥵

[@brianmatthews232]

All the guys who say Sanborn is a smooth jazzer, please have a go at playing this :-) and yes I can play this...Sanborn is a serious player :D

[@geerthurenkamp5058]

Sanborn played with the Breckers on their debut album. No slouch, thus. I always dug Rocks, for instance.

[@G8rJimbo]

Dear Lord...Marcus Miller at the 22:53 mark.....

[@mrgee9929]

at 24:00 OMG

[@marklowe7431]

Back when David and Marcus had hair......

[@Keyboardman88]

Who's the vibes player. He's tre excellent

[@arctictfan3470]

Mike Manieri

[@-dash]

The MC at the beginning sounds just like the one at the beginning of Billy Cobham’s “Hip Pockets”, I’m wondering if it’s the same guy

[@LipoYin007]

Oh yet

[@micheleegan-sturtevant478]

Did Dave Growlnic compose Lotus Blossom???

[@tuxsax]

@davie504 on the vibraphone...

[@matheusgonzaga8738]

Dave Sanborn or Mark Hamilton? Looking at by profile they look like one another.

[@tomsckay7point0]

more like glenn ford or ted bundy

[@brianmatthews232]

great audio, sounds like his YAS62?

[@LipoYin007]

SELMER MARK 6

[@groovetherapy3774]

@@LipoYin007 *Derp. Yamaha YAS-62 in this video

[@LipoYin007]

@@groovetherapy3774 where?

[@groovetherapy3774]

@@LipoYin007 In this KZbin video.

[@michaelford8986]

@@groovetherapy3774 Yes, you're right, it's a YAS-62. Definitely!

[@user-kv8hy7tn1h]

この音は日本人には無理だよね？wだってこんないい音出してる日本人見たことないものwww

[@hjdrewal]

Excellent concert but a terrible omission in the credits: THE NAMES OF THE MUSICIANS -- ALL MISSING EXCEPT SANBORN -- PLEASE CORRECT AND GIVE PROPER CREDIT!!!

[@moteesando]

is he playing on 62 yamaha?

[@carlosvinueza8733]

However. He is able to sound amazing with a Freedom hahahaha

[@masapell]

Sure looks like a 62! Never knew he played a Yamaha. Always thought he was on a VI.

[@derekrucker3992]

He switched to a Selmer couple years later. I saw in 84 1st time. He was playing a Selmer then

[@charlieduransax]

@@masapell looks like a the purple logo Yamaha if I’m not mistaken

[@saxshooter]

​@CharlieDuran it's actually stamped logo. I think this is the Yamaha 6x6 prototype they gave Sanborn

[@Keyboardman88]

What's with the screwy face after his introduction?

[@LipoYin007]

ghost

[@36index]

He looks high....lol

[@Pluggit1953]

Sanborn in his cokehead days.

[@Zxx459]

Mike b. Starting using that awful ducoff metal mpc because Sanborn

[@gautexrex]

Why does he do that Trump thing when he enters the stage? Strange behavior - he’s mocking the audience for cheering for him.

[@keithl16]

young sanborn has his crazy and weird days.

[@Pluggit1953]

He was on coke.

[@jasonhearn5818]

@@Pluggit1953 wow was he?

[@Pluggit1953]

@@jasonhearn5818 Yup, he was a real cokehead back then.

[@frankgreen8137]

Let me rephrase that: he was acting like a person with intellectual disability because they kept calling for him and he was late...he was basically saying he was slow...plus he was probably late because he was tooting- but man, what a performance.

[@ginomalvone327]

R.I.P

[@olehblashchuk9483]