David Sanborn
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Born in Tampa, Florida, and raised in the St. Louis suburb of Kirkwood, he took up the saxophone at eleven on doctors’ advice to aid his breathing after childhood polio, later studying music at Northwestern University before transferring to the University of Iowa where he learned with saxophonist J. R. Monterose. His early professional break came with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, a stint that…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
