14/05/2024
๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป (July 30, 1945 โ May 12, 2024) was a musician and songwriter best known for his work as an alto saxophonist and pianist. One of the most commercially successful saxophonists in the history of recorded music, Sanborn was described by many as "the most influential saxophonist on pop, R&B, and crossover players of the past 40 years." His music is often identified with radio-friendly smooth jazz, and his solo recordings typically blended jazz with instrumental pop and R&B.
Since the late 1960, Sanborn was a highly regarded session player who performed with an array of well-known artists including ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป, ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐, ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐น๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐น ๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐, ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ, ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฒ, ๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป, ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป, ๐๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐, ๐ง๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ป, ๐๐ผ๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ, ๐๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ ๐, ๐๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป ๐ช๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ผ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐๐น๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป, ๐๐ถ๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐, ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐น, ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ, ๐ก๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ, ๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ, ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, and ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ผ.
From 1988 to 1989, he co-hosted ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐, a late-night music show on television with ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ. The show positioned Sanborn with many famed musicians, such as ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฒ, ๐ฃ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฝ, ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป-๐๐๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ป๐๐, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ, ๐ง๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป, ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐ก'๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ฟ, ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฏ๐, ๐๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป ๐ช๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐๐, ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ข'๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ, ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป' ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป, ๐ช๐ฎ๐ (๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐), ๐๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ต, ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ป ๐ญ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป, and ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ.
From the 1980s until his passing in 2024, Sanborn hosted a syndicated radio program, ๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐ฏ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฃ.
During his lifetime he won six Grammy Awards, earned eight gold albums, and one platinum album.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป passed away on Sunday afternoon, May 12th, 2024, from complications of prostate cancer.
