Well, I guess my unease with that is... I'm always a little uneasy with that phrase - smooth jazz, as opposed to what?

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.