david sanborn
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charts, contemporary jazz, david sanborn, george benson, george howard, lee ritenour, miles davis, spyro gyraStanley Jordan Tops the Top Jazz Albums – August 3, 1985
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ContemporaryJazz.com is looking back at the Billboard Jazz Chart from 40 years ago. This was published before the magazine split the chart into Top Contemporary Jazz Albums and Top Jazz Albums. There was quite a mix of artists on this chart: Sade to Maynard Ferguson to Yellowjackets to George Winston. Magic Touch, the debut recording…
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1995, charts, chris botti, contemporary jazz, david sanborn, fourplay, george duke, grover washington jr., incognito, pat metheny, rippingtons, smooth jazz, spyro gyraTop Contemporary Jazz Albums – April 22, 1995
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According to Billboard magazine, here were the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums for the week of April 22, 1995! Meanwhile, over on the Top Jazz Albums for the same week, David Sanborn was on top with Pearls, his lush recording with orchestral arrangements. And Grover Washington, Jr. was also on the chart with All My…
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David Sanborn has died
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David Sanborn, a true contemporary jazz legend, passed Sunday afternoon, May 12th, after an extended battle with prostate cancer with complications. This is such a sad loss. Sanborn was an influence and inspiration to a lot of contemporary jazz musicians. He would be one of the four in a contemporary jazz version of Mt. Rushmore. He…
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A saxophone lineup like no other
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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…
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New Projects from Marcus Miller
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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!