Sanborn, who suffered from polio in his youth, has been a highly regarded session player since the mid 1970s. One of his first professional gigs was as a member of Paul Butterfield's band. One of Sanborn's earliest guest recordings was on David Bowie's Young Americans. Around this time his output as a session player became prolific and over the next ten years he played with a dazzling array of artists, such as Paul Simon, James Taylor (contributing to the remake of the Marvin Gaye classic "How Sweet It Is"), The Rolling Stones, The Eagles and Stevie Wonder.
In the late 1980s he was a regular guest member of Paul Shaffer's band on Late Night with David Letterman. From 1988-89, he co-hosted a late-night TV music show on NBC with Jools Holland. The show, "Night Music", following producer Hal Willner's eclectic approach, drew Sanborn together with many famed musicians, such as Miles Davis, Lou Reed, Santana, Curtis Mayfield, and many others.
Throughout his career, Sanborn has skirted the edges of free jazz: In his youth he studied with Roscoe Mitchell and Julius Hemphill, and performed on Tim Berne's Diminutive Mysteries, dedicated to Hemphill. His 1991 album Another Hand, produced by Hal Willner, features Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, and various other players not usually associated with smooth jazz.
In television, Sanborn is well-known for his sax solo in the theme song for the NBC hit drama L.A. Law. He has also dabbled in writing for film, contributing to such scores as Lethal Weapon and Scrooged.
In 2004, David Sanborn was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
You can find photographs and additional information on David's official website, www.DavidSanborn.com.
Trance
David Sanborn Lyrics
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let me out
David Sanborn's "Trance" is an instrumental jazz-funk track that is driven by its saxophone melody. The track itself is an auditory representation of a trance. The saxophone melody seems to mimic the repetition of a mantra that slowly becomes louder and more insistent. The listener is drawn deeper into the trance with every note. The phrase "let me out" can be interpreted in multiple ways, depending on the listener's own experience with trances. The phrase can represent a desire to escape the trance, or it could be interpreted as a cry for help from someone that feels trapped in the trance. The stark simplicity of "let me out" is in contrast to the complex layering of sounds in the track. It stands out, and leads the listener to question their own sense of control.
Line by Line Meaning
let me out
I want to escape from whatever situation I am currently in
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Written by: MARCUS MILLER
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