ANTONIO SANCHEZ: MIGRATION

ANTONIO SANCHEZ
Em 2003, fui assistir a uma apresentação do grupo do - infelizmente falecido - saxofonista MICHAEL BRECKER no "Iridium", clube de jazz no Times Square, em New York. Foi ali que, entre nomes famosos, como Gil Goldstein e Robin Eubanks, conheci três grandes músicos da nova geração do jazz de NYC: ADAM ROGERS (guitarra), o russo ALEX SPIAGIN (trumpete) e o baterista mexicano ANTONIO SANCHEZ. Fui conversar com ANTONIO que, como todos os mexicanos, adora o Brasil e os brasileiros. Para surpresa minha, ele é louco por vozes e fez um curso de arranjos para coral. Antonio Sanchez é um dos grandes nomes da bateria nos USA e só toca com "feras", como se pode constatar mais adiante.
(CB)
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ANTONIO SANCHEZ
Three time Grammy Award winner Antonio Sanchez is considered by many critics and musicians alike as one of the most prominent drummers of his generation. Born in Mexico City on November 1st, 1971, he started playing drums at the age of 5 and began performing professionally early in his teens. He pursued a degree in classical piano at the National Conservatory in Mexico and in 1993 he moved to Boston to enroll at Berklee College of Music and graduated Magna Cum Laude in Jazz Studies. Since his move to New York City Antonio has become one of the most sought after drummers in the international jazz scene. He has performed and recorded with some of the biggest names in jazz including Pat Metheny (He's a member of the Pat Metheny
Group and the Pat Metheny Trio with Christian McBride), Chick Corea, Michael
Brecker, Charlie Haden, Gary Burton and Toots Thielmans. He regularly collaborates with some of the most prominent names of the newer generation of Jazz: Joshua Redman, Chris Potter, John Patitucci, Danilo Perez, David Sanchez, Paquito D'Rivera, Kenny Werner, Marcus Roberts, Avishai Cohen, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves, Miguel Zenon, Scott Colley, Dave Samuels, Luciana Souza, Billy Childs, and Claudia Acuña just to name a few. In addition, Antonio joined the Faculty at the prestigious New York University (NYU) in 2006. He's made New York City his home since 1999.
(Source: Antonio Sanchez` website)
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ALBUM REVIEW
Migration is an album where Antonio Sanchez, one of todays most sought-after drummers, debuts as leader and calls on two contemporary jazz stars, Chick Corea and Pat Metheny, to participate. In fact, Sanchez has played in their groups for years. The album also features contributions by bassist Scott Colley, and saxmen Chris Potter and David Sanchez. Migration is jazz at a highly energetic level, but at the same time rich with expressive overtones. The drummer shows real quality as a leader, guiding his band members along personal, multicoloured, trajectory sounds and to extract the very best from them. The heart of the album is represented by four tracks performed in quartet (Did You Get It?, Challenge Within, Greddy Silent and Inner Urge), where the two sax players, both on tenors, dominate the scene. In Sand, Pat Metheny s guitar is added to the base nucleus, in an arioso and lyrical composition that he wrote expressly for this recording. Ballade is reserved for trio
with Potter, who proves himself a first-rate soloist even on soprano. Also performed
in trio is the opening track of the CD, One For Antonio, a homage to the drummer written by Chick Corea. The finale is instead entrusted to Sanchez and Metheny performing the famous notes of Solar by Miles Davis: the best way to conclude an album that from the beginning to the end doesn t show any slack in taste nor decrease in tension.
(Album release)
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MINHA OPINIÃO - grande álbum, como era de se esperar de um "dream team" liderado pelo excelente ANTONIO SANCHEZ.
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ANTONIO SANCHEZ: MIGRATION

PERSONNEL:
Antonio Sanchez (drums)
Chris Potter (alto sax)
David Sanchez (tenor sax)
Scott Colley (bass)
Pat Metheny (guitar)
Chick Corea (piano)

Tracks/Faixas:
01 ONE FOR ANTONIO
02 DID YOU GET IT?
03 ARENA (SAND)
04 CHALLENGE WITHIN
05 BALLADE
06 GREEDY SILENCE
07 INNER URGE
08 SOLAR

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