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Cultural Survival
David Sanchez
Cultural Survival
Genres: Jazz, Pop
 
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Four-time Grammy nominated saxophonist David Sanchez returns with Cultural Survival. A fierce, forward-thinking new collection featuring his new piano-less quartet fusing his fearless straight-ahead jazz sound with African...  more »

     

CD Details

All Artists: David Sanchez
Title: Cultural Survival
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Concord Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 5/20/2008
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: Modern Postbebop, Bebop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 888072305625, 4988005518712

Synopsis

Album Description
Four-time Grammy nominated saxophonist David Sanchez returns with Cultural Survival. A fierce, forward-thinking new collection featuring his new piano-less quartet fusing his fearless straight-ahead jazz sound with African, Afro-Cuban and Caribbean influences...features a scintillating cover of Monk's Mood and the brand new La Leyenda del Canaveral: a bold new extended composition tracking the migration of African people to the Caribbean.

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CD Reviews

Wow
Boxodreams | district of columbia | 06/23/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)

"oh yes, the very definition of the argument for how and why modern jazz fits today's society that is ignoring it. Calling it a brilliant post-bop statement would be doing it great disservice, but the music likely will only break out to a larger audience when we take off the shackles of department, characterization, borderline, description, comparative analysis -- any of it and just let the music sing and speak and find people that feel this as a living language. I urge anyone wandering in here who doesn't have a strong affinity with jazz but feels themselves deeply engaged with the world at large to listen to this. Jazz lovers simply would be wise and gracious to note the event and buy the damn thing. Before jazz lost its way, this might have been placed up in a pantheon and praised across the years. Now it is struggling to be heard."
New, and not so new....
DWAinLA | L.A., CA | 08/14/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)

"First of all, let me say, I really like this CD. Sanchez is touted as a major figure in the "new generation" of jazz musicians who filter their jazz through ethnic roots, in his case, Puerto Rico. In fact, he has already done that, very effectively, on his 2000 release Melaza (which I highly recommend) - But this new CD mostly reminds me of a lot of East Coast jazz from the 80's, like some Jerry Bergonzi with Mick Goodrich on guitar or Dave Liebman, or even Mike Brecker - modern post-bop, 'Trane influenced tenors, with loose, free-swinging edgy rhythm sections. And I love that kind of music! - but there's nothing too new about it in this case... except there is a little Caribbean flavor...so I guess I'm thinking that the title is a little over the top... (just one listener's take on it...well I'm not the only one...) but buy it - it's a really nice recording!"
Cross-genre appeal
John W. Dunner | Atco, NJ United States | 07/10/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Smoother than Brecker, but edgier than Klemmer, Sánchez has a secret -- his interplay with guitarist Lage Lund. Most notably in their unison lines, Lund plays under Sánchez, giving the sax a softer quality that sounds almost synth-borne, but organic and real. "Monk's Mood" is particularly nice in this respect. The disc's finale, "La Leyenda del Cañaveral," is a post-bop jazz excursion that can snag even non-jazz ears. ****1/2"