Antonio Sanchez - Lines In The Sand '2018

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	       Master percussionist Antonio Sanchez considers himself a fortunate man,
blessed in family, education and in having spent a peaceful and creative quarter
of a century in a country that welcomed him and his talents. But the America of
2018 is not the America of 1993. The America of today has turned its back on the
mutual and pragmatic relationship that used to exist with its nearest southern
neighbour, Mexico. There is hate in the air, and a demagogic voice in the White
House. Almost the first sound one hears on Antonio Sanchez’s powerful new
album with his Migration group is a voice saying “This is wrong” and another
quite calmly saying “Shame on you”. Jazz music has always had an element of
protest and Lines In The Sand is a superb example of music that makes its strong
point without surrendering even a fraction of its musicality. Like Jack
DeJohnette, Sanchez is more than a drummer. He is a complete musician, heard
here on keyboards and as a vocalist, as well as behind his kit. He is, though,
one of those rare percussionists who can make the familiar drumset sound like a
single instrument one minute, and a complete orchestra the next. Here, then, is
an urgent despatch from a country in pain, a country whose rich heritage of
immigration – from Europe, from Africa, from the Southern half of the American
continent – has suddenly been called into question. (Brian Morton)

PERSONNEL:
ANTONIO SANCHEZ, drums, voice and additional keyboards
JOHN ESCREET, piano, Fender Rhodes and Prophet Synthesizer
MATT BREWER, acoustic and electric bass
THANA ALEXA, voice and effects
CHASE BAIRD, tenor saxophone and Ewi
NATHAN SHRAM, viola on Travesía Part II
ELAD KABILIO, cello on Travesía Part II and Long Road

Tracklist:
1 01. Antonio Sánchez - Travesia Intro (01:23)
1 02. Antonio Sánchez - Travesia (1, 2, 3) (20:09)
1 03. Antonio Sánchez - Long Road (06:56)
1 04. Antonio Sánchez - Bad Hombres Y Mujeres (08:43)
1 05. Antonio Sánchez - Home (06:17)
1 06. Antonio Sánchez - Lines In The Sand (1, 2) (26:15) 

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