brownie Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 Who says there's no money to be made in jazz.. He made it by quitting jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarThrower Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etherbored Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 speaking of sanborn, anyone here know about his diet....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 "Sanborn, one of the best R&B saxophonists of all times ..."?? Yikes! :excited: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 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." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 He's a better R&B saxophinist than David Bowie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted June 12, 2013 Report Share Posted June 12, 2013 I guess I'm surprised that having a recording studio in his home doesn't violate a zoning ordinance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarThrower Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 speaking of sanborn, anyone here know about his diet....? Prolly not burgers and fries. He looks nowhere near a guy approaching his 68th birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 He's a better R&B saxophinist than David Bowie. But he never a lesson with Ronnie Ross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 "Sanborn, one of the best R&B saxophonists of all times ..."?? Yikes! :excited: He did play with Paul Butterfield's band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 "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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted June 13, 2013 Report Share Posted June 13, 2013 "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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy T. Frog Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 (edited) "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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 "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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 (edited) Perhaps Mr. Sanborn will be remembered as a businessman after he's been forgotten as a musician. Edited June 15, 2013 by paul secor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 To me, he's still a better businessman than musician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 15, 2013 Report Share Posted June 15, 2013 Would that more were! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILLYQ Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertoart Posted June 16, 2013 Report Share Posted June 16, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_forumlogo.png.a607ef20a6e0c299ab2aa6443aa1f32e.png)
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.