Product Details

• Actors: Antonio Sanchez
• Directors: Rob Wallis
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Hudson Music
• DVD Release Date: May 13, 2008
• Run Time: 134 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00181FABO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,042 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

In an intimate master-class setting, Antonio Sanchez displays his extraordinary musical skills in the context of challenging songs and incredible solo segments. Performing both on his smaller traditional jazz set, and the larger kit that he uses with the Pat Metheny Group, he presents musical concepts, exercises, and suggestions for developing musicianship that apply to serious drum students of all levels. Playing selections from the Pat Metheny Group, along with compositions by Chick Corea and Antonio himself, Sanchez covers technical, musical, and philosophical points that apply to drummers of all styles. topics include: Practicing, hand technique, motivic development, left-foot clavé, playing stylistically, developing independence, finding your own voice, soloing ideas, odd-meter clavé, recording with Pat Metheny, professionalism, and the importance of having the right attitude. Antonio takes these advanced concepts and clearly explains his personal approach to each. special features: eBook with transcriptions of exercises, grooves, and phrases A complete optional Spanish voiceover

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Lot To Learn, July 4, 2008

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S. Rash "SA drummer" (Durban, South Africa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Antonio Sanchez Master Series DVD (DVD)

Antonio breaks things down really down really clearly on this dvd, and his insights and experience are very inspiring! He begins by speaking of his background and his musical journey, and then plays along with some of the tracks from his solo release 'Migration', as well as tracks from his recordings with the Pat Metheny Group. The masterclass format allows Antonio to cover a range of topics (independence, styles, practicing, technique, phrasing, dynamics, motivic development, etc...) all of which he explains clearly, and provides exercises for. He also gives great insight into playing different styles, and how to develop vocabulary and an ear for jazz, latin and other styles. He also clearly explains some of the more complicated figures he uses, such as a left foot clave in 5/4.
I would especially recommend this dvd for anyone who is checking out contemporary jazz and latin styles, and for fans of Antonio in general.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The great Antonio Sanchez series DVD, June 30, 2008

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F. Leroy "Emilio" (France, Perigueux) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Antonio Sanchez Master Series DVD (DVD)

It is a very good idea to ask to the customers their opinion ; For me , this DVD is absolutely magnificent, every drummer ( and others musicians too ) should have and see this performance, everthing is there : drumming education, jazz and afro-cuban drumming, rudiments, practicing, left-foot clavé, independence, soloing ideas, odd-meter clavé, good and interesting explications about music and "life" ( having the right attitude ), music-business ... Antonio Sanchez is a very, very good drummer but also musician so he can explain his "feeling" and can also share his tremendous musicality. In a intimate master-class setting, he performs both on his smaller traditional-jazz set and his larger kit that he uses with Pat Metheny, playing selections from Pat Metheny Group, along with compositions by Chick Corea. The only "defect" in this DVD is the eBook with transcriptions of exercises, it is too small, not complete, it should have more patterns. Aside this, it is perfect, essential for all of us, Emilio ( France ).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! A Must For All Serious Drummers!, June 19, 2008

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Eric Price "Drummer For Life!" (Wichita, Ks United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Antonio Sanchez Master Series DVD (DVD)

This is a great video, of a great drummer. If you take playing drums serious in the least bit, I highly recommend this video. Antonio covers topics like creating motifs (just repeated patterns), proper technique (and even how you can still be great with not-so proper technique), playing claves with the left foot (in 4/4 and 5/4, which is really fun!), and there's also a good handful of performances of him playing to tracks from Pat Metheny discs and from his new solo record. This dvd has some very useful information for drummers and musicians, and on top of the educational value, it's just damn entertaining! Very inspirational, I highly recommend!!!