Search - David Sanchez :: Sketches of Dreams

The third member of jazz's Three Young Tenors

03/02/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It's a shame that you hear so much in the mainstream about Carter and Redman and not Sanchez. although Joshua and James are very deserving of the press so is David, yet he gets the short end of the stick. His technical dexterity is obvious throughout the album. But that is not what attracts me to Sanchez's music. His improvisations are simply red-hot, full blaze. They're full of Latin flavor, but true to post-bop articulation and phrasing. His sound is so big and, at times, somewhat on the raw side. Throughout the album, he and Perez work very well together. My personal favorite on this album is "The Extension" and the sixth track (I can't remember it by name right now). In any case, as a jazz lover and sax player myself, I know what I like to listen to and transcribe...This is one of the CDs I'll be studying and playing along with for quite a while."