Migration

Antonio Sanchéz | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 28, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cam Jazz
• ASIN: B000TP5SPI
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,058 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great debut, September 14, 2007

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drum6282 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Migration (Audio CD)

I love Antonio Sanchez's playing with the Pat Metheny Group. But, what really impresses me with his debut, is his ability to write tunes! It doesn't sound like a "drummer's album" or a typical album by a drummer. Not only are the tunes great, the musicianship is also. He has put together a great band that knows what to do with his tunes and take them to the next level. Antonio Sanchez contributes 4 tunes while Pat Metheny and Chick Corea each contribute a tune and there are 2 covers. Despite the fact that Chick only plays on one tune and Pat on two tunes, the album flows well - you don't really notice the change in the lineup. Great debut from a great drummer.

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A drummer's solo debut, October 12, 2007

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Olukayode Balogun (Leeds, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Migration (Audio CD)

I have huge respect for Antonio Sanchez as a drummer. I've heard his work on a couple of projects, most notably the newer stuff from the Pat Metheny Group, and I've also seen him play live. He is truly incredible. I was very excited when I learned he was putting out a solo CD and I ordered it without hesitation.

The Chick Corea-penned opener "One For Antonio" is, as one would expect, a brilliant tune, as is the truly beautiful three-part Pat Metheny tune "Arena (Sand)", and even the Miles Davis classic "Solar" gets a decent workout here. The rest of the album however, comprises of the dry, drum, bass & sax trio stuff that just gives me migraines (although there are two saxes in this case, often playing together). David Sánchez and Chris Potter are rightly described on the inner-sleeve notes somewhere as "two of the best [current] tenor saxophonists in the world under 40" and I agree with that. They are two of my all-time favourites (and I also like bassist Scott Colley) but I just cannot get into what they've done here. It's all a lot of riffing over 'dum, dum, dum' basslines and little or no melodies that I could hear and grab a hold of, except maybe on "Challenge within", which I also quite like. It's also worth noting that Potter plays soprano saxophone on "Ballade", which is another good tune.

What I had no way of knowing until I had actually bought the CD was that Corea only plays on the one track he wrote and that Pat also only plays on two ("Arena" and "Solar"). If I had known this fact, I would probably have decided to leave the CD alone. I was hoping for an album of pure enjoyment. I didn't get it. Sanchez will no doubt go on to be a great bandleader in his own right but I'm more into people like Brian Blade and Peter Erskine at the moment.

But that's just me. Though I'm sure there are those who will be absolutely thrilled by what's on offer here, sadly, I'm not one of them. I was tempted to flog it on eBay but on consideration, decided to keep it due to the five tracks I've mentioned. Maybe the other three will grow on me in time.

I doubt it though.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Maybe too much sax, February 22, 2008

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Patricio Mena "pamv" (Quito, Ecuador) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Migration (Audio CD)

I have followed Pat Metheny and his bunch for a long time and my appreciation for them keeps growing. Antonio Sánchez might be the best "fusion" drummer I have heard (hard to say, for Weckl, Bruford and Peart, among a few others, are also superb). This record is great, especially Arena, penned by Metheny himself, with just about the pefect mix of vistuosity and feeling that creates great jazz (and music in general). My only complaint is that perhaps the two (great) sax players simply play too much, and thus create a bit of an assimetry that affects the overall balance.