Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest.

I. Sanborn often performs at Japan's Blue Note venues in Nagoya Osaka and Tokyo. Alto saxophonist Hank Crawford at the time a member of Ray Charles's band was an early and lasting influence on Sanborn.

Sanborn has also worked extensively as a session musician notably on David Bowie's Young Americans (1975). David Sanborn (born July 30 1945) is an American alto saxophonist.