" data-original-title="" title="">David Sanborn was at the heart of it all.

A big part of the story involves a little boy. An eleven year old named Isaac who plays the saxophone and idolizes Sanborn. He, not surprisingly, was elated to learn that he, along with his mom and my wife and I, was going to see Sanborn live. This was an opportunity not only to see his favorite player but also his first big time concert of any sort.

Another big piece of the great day puzzle was that it was a benefit show. Rotary International continued their stalwart community service efforts with an End Polio Now campaign. The fundraising concert was held at the Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center at Cal State Long Beach. Now widely under control, polio is still an issue at the forefront. The disease continues to spread in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria. The Rotary campaign seeks to eradicate polio worldwide by sponsoring immunizations for children in that part of the world.

Sanborn spent part of his childhood in an iron lung due to polio. This was back in the 1950's just prior to Dr. Jonas Salk discovering the first successful polio vaccine. Being stricken with polio led directly to Sanborn becoming a saxophonist. His doctors urged him to take it up as a method of building up his lungs. In that regard the rest, as they say, is history!

I had managed to wangle the four of us attending the show on to the guest list for a meet and greet with Sanborn after the concert. We made the executive decision to not tell Isaac about this until after the show. We wanted him to be able to relax and enjoy the music without the nervousness and excitement of what was to come later. As it turns out we definitely made the right call.

Having seen Sanborn perform many times before with the likes of