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David Sanborn heats up full house at Jazz Alley |
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| David Sanborn heats up full house at Jazz Alley | ||
| By Lorelei Quenzer
- SGN A & E Writer
David Sanborn September 13-18 @ Jazz Alley David Sanborn opened to a near-capacity house at Jazz Alley last week. The appreciative crowd welcomed the alto-saxophonist and his band, and was especially thrilled to learn that the Tuesday night set was the group's first gig together. It's not every day you get to be the first to hear newly-made magic, after all. Sanborn wasn't about to disappoint us, beginning with his signature squealing sound on "Señor Blues." At one point during the song the band was so focused on percussionist Don Alias you could hear a pin drop. Sanborn gave ample time to the other members of his band, too. The pleasing groove started by keyboardist Geoffrey Keezer on the second song of the set, "Relativity," was wonderfully synthetic, and the funk was carried on by Mike Pope on the electric bass and Terreon Gully on drums. As Sanborn revealed the names of the songs he'd just performed, he joked with the crowd about his waning memory. Unable to tell us which LP "Relativity" was from, he sighed, saying, "I hate to think what the next thing to go is." It's not his musicianship, that's for sure. His ninety-minute set was full of familiar tunes, sweetly executed, like the classic "Tin Tin Deo" and "Soul Serenade," and the bluesy "Brother Ray." When Sanborn pulled out a kick-ass rendition of "Maputo," from his seminal 1986 collaboration with Bob James, at least one gent seated next to the stage was visibly elated. After jumping up and down at the beginning of the tune, he fanned Sanborn with his arm after a particularly rousing solo, although I'm not sure if he intended to cool Sanborn off or fan the flames. While I'm not sure I liked the keyboard intro to his version of Charlie Chaplin's "Smile" - the empty, experimental opening seemed out of sync with the rest of the tune - I was ecstatic to hear the driving beat of one of my favorites, "Snakes," build from drums, to bass, to keyboards, to that unmistakable melody. This song is more fun live than I'd even imagined. And Sanborn's second appearance at Jazz Alley was more cutting edge than I'd remembered from last year's "smooth" debut. If we're really, really nice - and lucky - maybe Sanborn will make Seattle a regular stop. |
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