MULTIPLE GRAMMY AWARD WINNER DAVID SANBORN TO HEADLINE SAFARICOM INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2017

American Alto-Saxophonist and six-time Grammy Award winner David Sanborn will be the headline artist at this year’s edition of the Safaricom International Jazz Festival, to be held on Saturday February 26 at the Kasarani Training Grounds.

Sanborn has released 24 albums, eight of them Gold and one Platinum in a career spanning over four decades.

Sanborn was introduced to jazz at the age of three as part of his treatment therapy after contracting polio, and went on to release his first solo album Taking Off in 1975.

Known for his masterful blend of traditional jazz, instrumental pop and soulful R&B, he has played with legendary musicians such as the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Luther Vandross, David Bowie, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder.

All proceeds from the event will go towards supporting the Ghetto Classics, a non-profit programme that teaches music skills to youth from underprivileged backgrounds.

The programme, which supports about 650 children from several low-income neighbourhoods in Nairobi, was created to be a source of refuge from the harsh, poverty-stricken environments synonymous with urban slums.

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