Seeing the gathering of living presidents at the George H.W. Bush funeral today made me think of the inauguration of Bill Clinton. That monster gathering of super-saxmen: Sanborn, Brecker, Mulligan, Washington, Jr., Albright, G, Whalum…
New Projects from Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller recently posted on Facebook what he’s been up to:
Finishing Alex Han’s first album, started work on Al Jarreau’s tribute to George Duke last week, writing for David Sanborn and myself.
Don’t know about you but that sounds like a whole lot of awesome to me!
David Sanborn – Isn’t She Lovely
I remember David Sanborn dedicated each of his recordings to his son Jonathan Sanborn. Looks like Jonathan is a bassist and has given David a couple of granddaughters! Check out this intimate video of the Sanborn men playing “Isn’t She Lovely?” in David’s home studio.
David Sanborn and Bob James Reunite!
In 1986, two contemporary jazz legends united on one of the genre’s best collaborative recordings. Bob James and David Sanborn set the bar high with Double Vision and I will guess that each artist has been asked many times when they would get together again. I asked Bob James that question after a Fourplay concert about 15 years ago and he said whenever David wanted to do it. That time appears to be now.
This May, on the resuscitated Okeh jazz label, David Sanborn and Bob James bring us a new collaboration. It doesn’t have a title yet but it will be more of an acoustic jazz project. That beats my guess on Twitter that it would be a sequel to Double Vision but I’m even more excited about it now.
No word on a tour yet but they do have a date on June 28 at the Keswick Theatre.
8 from 1988 – Playlist Online!
Take a step into the past with these eight tracks from contemporary jazz releases that came out in the year 1988! Hear music from Kim Pensyl’s first series of sketches, Al Jarreau feeling so good, David Benoit taking every step along the way, and David Sanborn missing someone so far away. It’s one of a number of mixes I hope to be putting up on 8tracks in the future.
Click on the Play button in the lower left corner of the blown-up image below to listen right now!