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Antonio Sanchez plays Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple
Song : "Rise Up" of Pat Metheny Unity Group.
Antonio Sanchez Bio:
“There’s no other brand I would rather be playing. Yamaha Drums are the only drums I can rely on 100% for any musical situation.
Besides great quality and sound, Yamaha Drums and hardware are the most user friendly. Yamaha Drums is like a big extended
family that makes you feel right at home.” — 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 2007 he recorded his first solo effort entitled "Migration". The album includes a stellar cast of some of today's most renowned
jazz musicians: Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, Chris Potter, David Sanchez and Scott Colley. It has gotten rave reviews from different
publications all over the world. "All About Jazz" calls it "One of the best debuts of 2007"
“I didn’t want people to say this is a drummer’s album,” Sanchez explains. “I wanted it to be something that could be from any
instrumentalist. I thought in terms of music, not how many solos I got and if I blew enough chops or not. I wanted the music to be
very melodic and accessible and with a lot of really good interplay. The new tunes that Chick and Pat wrote made it come together
nicely; they’re not my tunes but conceptually they’re in the same realm.”
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