David Sanborn is an American musician who tends to play jazz or jazz fusion, though he has performed rock, R&B, pop, and funk tracks. He favors the alto saxophone. His first solo album was released in 1975, Taking Off, and he continues to perform today. Before this he worked as a session musician. One of his notable session songs was David Bowie’s Young Americans. He has been described by critic Scott Yannow as "the most influential saxophonist on pop, R&B, and crossover players of the past 20 years." Most people will associate him with his radio-friendly smooth jazz, but he as publicly made known his distaste for his association with the genre and the genre as a whole. Sanborn has released around 24 albums, won six Grammys, and also has eight gold and one platinum album.…show more content… It is also a very important album for Sanborn as a musician. The main importance of the album is it spearheads Sanborn looking at other instruments being at the forefront of his music other than the saxophone. Some of the other instruments used in these songs include the Hammond B3 Organ, the saxello, congas, synthesizer, and wah-wah guitar. For his song Bang Bang he also uses a complete horns section. He also collaborates with different musicians and writers for this album. Most of the songs are written or co-written with Marcus Miller; who also plays on many of the tracks with his bass guitar and other instruments. Some of the other writers of the songs on this album include Joe Cuba, King Curtis, William S. Patterson, and Ornette Coleman. Not all of the songs were written for this album, such as Bang Bang or Ramblin, but the majority were done along with Miller or
