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“A Great Loss:” Saxophonist David Sanborn Dies at 78
Saxophonist David Sanborn, who recorded smooth jazz as a solo artist and toured and recorded with David Bowie, Todd Rundgren, Steely Dan and others as a sideman, has died.
“May the great David Sanborn rest in love and peace,” Rundgren’s Spirit of Harmony Foundation said.
Sanborn, 78, died May 12 of complications from prostate cancer, said a post on his Facebook page. The saxophonist had continued performing since his 2018 diagnosis and “already had concerts scheduled into 2025,” the post read.
“David Sanborn was a seminal figure in contemporary pop and jazz music,” the announcement read. “It has been said that he put the saxophone back into rock ‘n’ roll.”
Fernando Perdomo echoed this sentiment, crediting Sanborn with “defin(ing) the sax’s role in pop and rock in the ’70s and ’80s.”
Questlove recalled being “floored” by a Sanborn show in Colorado, where the saxophonist made the drummer “feel like a complete amateur” despite playing an instrument that requires a significant amount of oxygen at altitude.
“He told me that since being diagnosed with cancer, he got a renewed vigor … and decided henceforth to play like his life depended on it,” Questlove said. “Amen, David. Rest in melody.”
Sanborn played Woodstock with the Butterfield Blues Band and went on to a career that included more than two dozen solo albums, gigs with the “Late Night with David Letterman” and “Saturday Night Live” bands and collaborations with Bowie, Rundgren, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, B.B. King, Maynard Ferguson, Linda Ronstadt, Elton John and others.
“RIP, David S.,” Eric Clapton said.
The members of Spyro Gyra found themselves “shocked and beyond sad” at the news, while band leader Jay Beckenstein eulogized Sanborn as “a truly great saxophonist and musician, one of the most influential of my lifetime and an artist who had an extraordinary ability to play emotionally.
“Whatever he touched, whether jazz, gospel or pop, his approach was beautiful and powerful,” Beckenstein said. “A great loss."
5/13/24
#david sanborn#david bowie#todd rundgren#fernando perdomo#butterfield blues band#steely dan#questlove#the roots#late night with david letterman#saturday night live#paul simon#stevie wonder#james taylor#james brown#b.b. king#maynard ferguson#linda ronstadt#elton john#eric clapton#spyro gyra
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Michael Hutchence being a rockstar on SNL. x
#michael hutchence#inxs#rockstar#singer#concert#90s#tim farriss#kirk pengilly#andrew farriss#garry gary beers#jon farriss#saturday night live#snl#suicide blonde#leather pants#rock#rock band#god hes amazing#a true PERFORMER#gif#1991#x era
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frobin playlist but it's just an excuse to put all my favourite romantic SPG songs together
#franky thank you for being a cyborg this steampunk band was made especially for you and Ur wife#need more songs from robins pov tho. might trying listening to other playlists for inspo...#or wait if you see this and have ideas for frobin songs I'd love to hear them 👁️👁️#psii.txt#text#music#save#frobin#Franky x robin#abt spg tho. currently god 'ill rust with you'. 'me and my baby (Saturday nights)' and 'mecto amore'#i LIVE mecto amore cause allegedly its suppost to mean 'robot love' which is so cute
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Today, on September 25th, 1982 - Queen Story!
New York, NY, USA, Studio 8H, NBC
👉 Queen's last US performance
They played 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' and 'Under Pressure'
📸 Pic: Freddie Mercury during 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love'
#freddie mercury#queen band#london#zanzibar#legend#queen#brian may#john deacon#freddiebulsara#roger taylor#saturday night live#1982#crazy little thing called love#under pressure#queen group#Spotify
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#saturday night live#doll parts#hole band#courtney love#melissa auf der maur#patty schemel#eric erlandson#video clip#1994
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The Band performing “Stage Fright” on SNL circa 1976.
#the band#rick danko#robbie robertson#levon helm#richard manuel#garth hudson#stage fright#saturday night live#SNL
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#they're the same picture#fred armisen#bill hader#saturday night live#snl#matt bellamy#muse band#dominic howard#dom howard#i made this#moments that give me the same vibes#belldom#my gifs#the gay couple from maine vs the gay couple from teignmouth#the office gif is not mine
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Last Saturday (April 22) was the 45 year anniversary of the Blues Brothers premiering to the world on Saturday Night Live!!!!!
#then Steve invited them to open for him#they got the full band together and the rest is history#and before anyone says but what about the bees!!!!#that was Howard shore and his all bee band#the blues brothers#saturday night live#snl#jake blues#elwood blues#john belushi#dan aykroyd#Saturday was also my bday which is why I’m posting late#so if you all want to send me a present I’d like Jake thanks in advanced
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laura palmer is growing old in a little house out in the desert somewhere. to me
#she's a diesel mechanic and she still paints her nails the brightest red a person can buy#and she keeps a couple horses on the property and she's been trying to quit smoking for fifteen years now#and saturday nights she drives two towns over to the bar with the good live bands that remind her of someplace else#and she has bad days even after all this time. but she has nights when she dances and she's getting to the age now she gets up with the sun#and watches the light come slow over the hills and glance off the truck windshield#and the white horse in the yard.
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Michael Hutchence showing what it means to be a true rockstar (complete with leather pants) during a SNL performance of "Suicide Blonde" in February 1991.
#michael hutchence#inxs#rockstar#singer#rock#band#aussie#aussie rock#australia#90s#x era#x album#leather#rockstar lestat#iykyk#iwtv#1991#inxs band#snl#saturday night live
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To Die For by The Birthday Massacre
This Song Saturday is brought to you by the following:
Me: [randomly sees a song by The Birthday Massacre in my Recommendeds on YouTube] Holy shit, The Birthday Massacre?? I listened to them LOADS when I was younger -- they're still around? Huh! Might as well check it out, then...
Me: [after listening to the song "Under Your Spell" and enjoying it well enough] Nice -- I missed this band. What else have I got to listen to by them on here... Oh hey, "To Die For!" I remember that song title, it was on one of the albums I owned! Though I don't remember how it goes...well, what better time to find out?
Me: [clicks the video]
To Die For: Tighten your tie boy/you're something to die for~
Me: [nearly fucking bowled over by a sudden rush of nostalgia and associating this song with Victor]
Me: Oh. Right. Like that.
Me: ... [likes and makes a note for Song Saturday]
Yeah, got a personal blast from the past here for me -- I used to love this song when I was a little younger and listening to Walking With Strangers regularly. As stated, it sounds to me like someone singing to/about Victor, especially with those opening lyrics -- I am like 99% sure this was a Valice song to me, as so many things are, and that I associated it with the Forgotten Vows Verse because of stuff like "your memory's fading/I'll love you forever/I'll try to remember/I'll try to hold on." Though I think there's a case to be made for this as a Victor/Emily song too... Right now, though, it's just giving me the feels in general, so you guys get to share them. :)
#song saturday#the birthday massacre#to die for#victor van dort#valice#yeah I definitely want to say this was a Forgotten Vows song#though you could probably make this fit any Victor ship with a little tweaking#my brain kind of wants to make it Valicer but isn't sure how :p#but yeah I owned a few albums by this band#Violet and Walking With Strangers#and I've got 'Burn Away' from Imaginary Monsters#which I believe I first heard on a A:MR FMV#which makes sense it definitely suits#I also have the CD of a live show they did in Germany#used to listen to it at night to fall asleep#...which given some of the shit they sing about really shouldn't have worked but XD#ahhh memories#I'm glad to find some old classics#and some newer music I wasn't aware of#Mirrors is really good :D#Youtube#queued
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FEAR Why Saturday Night Live Banned The Group & Lee Ving
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#youtube#video#why the band fear was banned for life from re-appearing on Saturday Night Live#john belushi#slam dancing#punk rock#lee ving
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Me getting lowkey paranoid and start to check every of my fav people / bands if they are allies or at least not anti. But so far I stan the right people 😌
It’s a 2 year old post but still nice to see such open support. They were even active in the comment section.
#I mean it's pagan and goth I would have been shocked if they wer not supportive but you never know#since there are certain unpleasant people who are also into old myths and legends#but#pagan is a nature and witch crafty religion based on old legends and stuff#but it's also about being yourself how you feel yourself enjoying yourself#being free spirited#kinda like hippies just in medieval#faun#lgbtq+ allies#german band#pagan folk#will see them on saturday night live again
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