David Sanborn, the Grammy-winning saxophonist who played lively solos on such hits as David Bowie's 'Young Americans' and James Taylor's 'How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)' and enjoyed his own highly successful recording career as a performer of melodic, contemporary jazz, has died at age 78.
Saxophonist David Sanborn performs on the Stravinski Hall stage at the 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland on July 9, 2009. ‘s “How Sweet It Is ” and enjoyed his own highly successful recording career as a performer of melodic, contemporary jazz, has died at age 78.on the Grammy-winning “Double Vision” album, wrote on Facebook. “I was so privileged to share major highlights of my career in partnership with him. His legacy will live on through the recordings.
“Jazz has always transformed and absorbed what’s around it,” he told DownBeat magazine in 2017. “Real musicians don’t have any time to spend thinking about limited categories.”took up the saxophone as a boy after recovering from a severe bout with polio and being advised by a doctor to strengthen his lungs.
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