David Sanborn, etc.

The cover article in the November Jazz Times was about David Sanborn. This part made me laugh out loud:

"One day during that period [early 1970's] I was over at [Gil Evans'] house in the far West Village when Miles came over. Gil was playing a tape of our show the night before at the Vanguard and my solo came on. I thought, 'Oh, [$#@!], this is Miles listening to me play.' I played one of those no-way-out notes, and it just hung there. Miles looked at me and said, 'You should have played it twice.'"

The article also mentioned the amazing Night Music show, which Sanborn hosted for two years in the late 80’s. I loved that show. I remember staying up to watch it on Sunday nights. The show featured all different kinds of musicians. Maria asked me if they ever released the shows on DVD. They haven’t, but it got me to wondering if good old YouTube had any clips. And they do!

Here’s Sanborn and the house band with Dizzy Gillespie on the Night Music show. Awesome.



And here’s one I remembered for nearly twenty years like it happened yesterday – Sanborn joins the Red Hot Chili Peppers to play “Subway to Venus”.



Seeing those clips reminded me of the new Clash CD/DVD, and I wondered if YouTube had clips of the Clash on the Tomorrow Show from 1981. And they do!!