The Shape of Jazz – David_Sanchez
October 17, 2007
Zankel Hall | 881 7th Avenue | New York, NY
Tenor saxophonist and composer David Sanchez presents the New York premiere of Melaza, a bold new multi-movement work for jazz sextet tracing the migration of African people to the Caribbean.
"a fresh, appealing voice" – Boston Globe
"rhythmically entrancing and highly elegant music." – New Yorker
"Sanchez festively conjures images of Sonny Rollins." – Washington Post
"fiery authority and meditative calm" – Village Voice