Antonio Sanchez: Live In New York At Jazz Standard on 2 CDs

Nach seinem ersten Album „Migration“ auf Cam Jazz, bei dem Chick Corea und Pat Metheny als besondere Sidemen dabei waren, folgt nun mit einem Live Album eine ebenso meisterliche Einspielung mit überwiegend Eigenkompositionen aus der Feder des Drummers. Er gehört zweifelsohne zu den gefragtesten Schlagzeuger der Szene und auf „Live in New York“ ist sein Können, die Präzesion, das farbenreiche Spiel des geb. Mexikaners bestens zu hören. Klasse CD, klasse Line-up und bester Sound!

After the global success of “Migration”, on which Chick Corea and Pat Metheny participated, Antonio Sanchez returns with this splendid live recording for the Italian label CAM Jazz.

This new release, where all of Sanchez’s talent is unravelled and fully appreciated, is a double-album recorded live at Jazz Standard in New York in October of 2008. Sanchez is a very talented architect of sound; an artist who doesn’t do anything coincidentally, and who loves to take care of the arrangements in his projects and compose his own music (only three tracks are not penned by him).

For “Live in New York at Jazz Standard”, the Mexican drummer surrounds himself with some of the most crystalline talent on the scene today. Starting from bassist Scott Colley, already a guest on “Migration”, who returns the favor for Sanchez’s participation on the album “architect of the silent moment” (also released by CAM Jazz), for which the bassist from Los Angeles was leader. Then, once again, he strikes by entrusting the front line of this piano-less group with two saxophones, alto by Miguel Zenon and, again, tenor by David Sanchez.

Antonio Sanchez – drums
Scott Colley – bass
Miguel Zenón – alto sax
David Sanchez – tenor sax

Rec. Live at Jazz Standard Oct. 2-5, 2008