Saxophonist David Sanborn 6-time Grammy winner has died at age 78

David Sanborn, whose keening cry on alto saxophone was as bright and steadfast as a lighthouse beacon during a career that spanned nearly 60

According to an official statement, the cause was complications of prostate cancer, which he had been battling since 2018.

With a string of crossover hits in the 1970s and '80s, Sanborn set a sturdy template for the radio format known as smooth jazz

Two of those winning albums — Straight to the Heart, a solo effort, and Double Vision

a collaboration with pianist Bob James — are cornerstones of the commercial genre often labeled contemporary jazz.

The key to Sanborn's success was his sound, which ran sweet-tart with a bracing bite

the wedge of lime on a salt-rimmed cocktail glass. He'd adapted that tone from his childhood hero, Hank Crawford

In 2013, he reunited with Bob James to make Quartette Humaine, a straight-ahead album that evoked the spirit of the classic Dave Brubeck Quartet.

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