David Sanborn's house for sale

[brownie]

Who says there's no money to be made in jazz... From the NY Daily News today:

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/jazz-great-david-sanborn-puts-12-million-nyc-home-market-article-1.1369863

[BillF]

Who says there's no money to be made in jazz..

He made it by quitting jazz.

[StarThrower]

Who says there's no money to be made in jazz..

He made it by quitting jazz.

Ain't that the truth! I respect Sanborn, and he can play, but I never bothered with his records. Apparently millions of folks enjoy his stuff? His bright, abrasive sound makes me wince. I'd rather listen to his idol Hank Crawford if I want to hear some "smooth" stuff.

[etherbored]

speaking of sanborn, anyone here know about his diet....?

[Big Beat Steve]

"Sanborn, one of the best R&B saxophonists of all times ..."??

Yikes!

:excited:

[Kevin Bresnahan]

His current stuff is pretty good and if you get a chance to see him with Joey D on organ, it's a blast. He's playing straight ahead hard bop these days. I guess he made his money off of the smooth stuff and can now go back to the money-losing stuff. You know what they say - "How do you make a million dollars playing Jazz? Start with 2 million."

[robertoart]

_{He's a better R&B saxophinist than David Bowie.}

[GA Russell]

I guess I'm surprised that having a recording studio in his home doesn't violate a zoning ordinance.

[StarThrower]

speaking of sanborn, anyone here know about his diet....?

Prolly not burgers and fries. He looks nowhere near a guy approaching his 68th birthday.

[king ubu]

_{He's a better R&B saxophinist than David Bowie.}

But he never a lesson with Ronnie Ross

[jlhoots]

"Sanborn, one of the best R&B saxophonists of all times ..."??

Yikes!

:excited:

He did play with Paul Butterfield's band.

[danasgoodstuff]

"Sanborn, one of the best R&B saxophonists of all times ..."??

Yikes!

:excited:

He did play with Paul Butterfield's band.

and Little Milton, IIRC, v. early on.

[jlhoots]

"Sanborn, one of the best R&B saxophonists of all times ..."??

Yikes!

:excited:

He did play with Paul Butterfield's band.

and Little Milton, IIRC, v. early on.

And in a different vein - Gil Evans.

Also for those who are old enough to remember, he had a lot to do with the TV show Night Music.

[Hoppy T. Frog]

I guess I'm surprised that having a recording studio in his home doesn't violate a zoning ordinance.

But we should be grateful Hackensack never shut down Rudy Van Gelder's home studio!

[Big Beat Steve]

"Sanborn, one of the best R&B saxophonists of all times ..."??

Yikes!

:excited:

He did play with Paul Butterfield's band.

and Little Milton, IIRC, v. early on.

What I meant to say is - whatever he did - does this qualify him as one of the BEST EVER in that particular idom?

Of all times? Right among the greatest of the great?

Somehow I doubt it.

Just look at all those really great R&B sax men (leaders and session men alike) who came up through the decades.

This sounds more like some PR blurb like they come up with in those "all time great" histories published for the not to historically aware public where out of 100 pages maybe 20 or 30 pages are devoted to whoever was great up to maybe 10 years ago and the remaining 70 or 80 pages are reserved for those who are "great" right now. And this kind of skewed PRESENT-DAY perspective disregards the fact that there were many more who were just as great in THEIR day and who were not forgotten any quicker than those who are perceived to be bigshots now are fairly likely to be forgotten 10 or 15 years from now when their heyday will be over.

Edited June 15, 2013 by Big Beat Steve

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

"Sanborn, one of the best R&B saxophonists of all times ..."??

Yikes!

:excited:

He did play with Paul Butterfield's band.

and Little Milton, IIRC, v. early on.

What I meant to say is - whatever he did - does this qualify him as one of the BEST EVER in that particular idom?

Of all times? Right among the greatest of the great?

Somehow I doubt it.

Just look at all those really great R&B sax men (leaders and session men alike) who came up through the decades.

This sounds more like some PR blurb like they come up with in those "all time great" histories published for the not to historically aware public where out of 100 pages maybe 20 or 30 pages are devoted to whoever was great up to maybe 10 years ago and the remaining 70 or 80 pages are reserved for those who are "great" right now. And this kind of skewed PRESENT-DAY perspective disregards the fact that there were many more who were just as great in THEIR day and who were not forgotten any quicker than those who are perceived to be bigshots now are fairly likely to be forgotten 10 or 15 years from now when their heyday will be over.

Yeah!!!!

MG

[paul secor]

Perhaps Mr. Sanborn will be remembered as a businessman after he's been forgotten as a musician.

Edited June 15, 2013 by paul secor

[JSngry]

There's more people that I'd rather not hear than Dave Sanborn than there are people I'd rather hear than Dave Somborn. Both numbers are in the double digits, probably triple, but, just sayin'.

The guy can play.

[paul secor]

To me, he's still a better businessman than musician.

[JSngry]

Would that more were!

[PHILLYQ]

I guess I'm surprised that having a recording studio in his home doesn't violate a zoning ordinance.

I don't think he rents it out for session work, and in the article he mentions having it so well soundproofed that he was able to light off firecrackers without the neighbors hearing it, so I would guess it's OK zoning-wise

[robertoart]

I guess I'm surprised that having a recording studio in his home doesn't violate a zoning ordinance.

I don't think he rents it out for session work, and in the article he mentions having it so well soundproofed that he was able to light off firecrackers without the neighbors hearing it, so I would guess it's OK zoning-wise

And hopefully fire proof as well then.