Poncho Sanchez
Poncho Sanchez
Latest Release
- Poncho Sanchez & His Latin Jazz Band Live at the Belly Up Tavern
- March 2025
- • 10 Songs
Top Songs
| 1 | La Familia | ||
| 2 | Watermelon Man | ||
| 3 | Bodacious Q [Album Version] | ||
| 4 | Bésame Mama [Album Version] | ||
| 5 | Giant Steps |
Albums
Sep 2019 • 11 songs
Sep 2019 • 1 song
Aug 2019 • 1 song
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Popular On
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About
Biography
Grammy-winning bandleader, conguero, and percussionist Poncho Sanchez is among the most influential percussionists in jazz. As a member of vibraphonist Cal Tjader's Latin jazz group since the mid-'70s, he's continually woven the thread of a unique musical signature through straight-ahead jazz, gritty soul and funk, and the melodies and rhythms of Afro-Latin and South American sources. Though he began his career as a leader in 1979 with Poncho on Discovery (conducted and arranged by Clare Fischer), he forged a four-decade-plus relationship with Concord. It resulted in historic ...