# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-sanborn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:51:06.347Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-sanborn"
name: "David Sanborn"
slug: "david-sanborn"
description: "David William Sanborn was an American alto saxophonist. He worked in many musical genres; his solo recordings typically blended jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He began playing the saxophone at the age of 11 and released his first solo album, Taking Off, in 1975. He was active as a session musician and played on numerous albums by artists including Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Aretha Franklin, Sting, the Eagles, Rickie Lee Jones, James Brown, George Benson, Carly Simon, Elton John, Bryan Ferry, Ween, and The Rolling Stones. Sanborn released more than 20 albums and won six Grammy awards."
tagline: "American saxophonist (1945-2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Sanborn_2015_brighter.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1945-07-30"
deathDate: "2024-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump