David Sanchez

In combining the Afro-Caribbean rhythms he learned while growing up in Puerto Rico and the jazz he studied as a young man in New York City, award-winning saxophonist/percussionist/composer/arranger David Sanchez, with his strident yet rhythmic tone, has emerged as one of the 21st century's most respected composers and jazz musicians. Long before releasing his leader debut The Departure in 1994, Sanchez apprenticed with some of most notable names in jazz including Paquito d'Rivera, Claudio Roditi, and Eddie Palmieri (a mentor who taught him to blend traditional Latin sounds wit...