Oranjestad – “David Sanborn will be on stage tomorrow night, Friday, September 4, in Aruba,” says a jubilant Erick Jan Eman, organizer of the annual Caribbean Sea Jazz Festival on Aruba.
Eman is more than a little bit happy: David Sanborn is one of the greatest alto saxophonists in the world. The 7-time Grammy award winner is a top act, and his appearance on Plaza Cus De Cultura has been made possible through joint cooperation between jazz lover Peter Steinmetz of the AAA , Aruba Tourism Authority, (ATA) and the Aruba Tourism and Hotel Association (AHATA).
David Sanborn (1945) has been playing the sax since before he was in high school. Diagnosed with Polo at a young age, his physician urged him to pick up playing the saxophone to strengthen his weakened lungs and chest muscles. Throughout his distinguished career he has played genres ranging from pop to blues and everything in between. Although he is identified with ‘Smooth Jazz,’ this is not what David wants to be known for. Numerous awards, among them seven Grammy Awards, have been the stamp of approval of millions of jazz lovers, but David Sanborn has done much more than performing and making CD’s. He has composed, written film scoring (among other for Lethal Weapon and Scrooged) and he has acted in various movies. Well-known guest appearances were with David Bowe, Roger Daltrey of The who and The Allman Brothers.
Those who wish to buy tickets for David Sanborn’s performance can do this on-line via www.caribbeanseajazz.com, at MooMba Beach, at Superfoods or at Cliffix.
For those who want to become professional singers or musicians, David’s advice is to start back at the beginning and get on stage to perform. Cutting records and CDs to make money is a thing of the past, it time back on stage to perform for success.
