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Thursday, 20 June 2013

Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band at the Dakota 5/6

Written by Ronaldo Oregano

Thursday, 03 May 2012

Poncho Sanchez © Devin DeHaven

Seasoned, versatile, finely meshed, and deeply, masterfully percussive, the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band is perhaps the premier Latin jazz ensemble working today. They’ve recorded prolifically and have been honored with a Grammy award and four Grammy nominations. The band includes longtime members Francisco Torres (trombone), Ron Blake (trumpet), Javier Vergara (saxophones), David Torres (piano), Tony Banda (bass), George Ortiz (timbales), Joey De León (bongos & percussion), and of course the master conguero himself, Poncho Sanchez [click here for a review of a previous visit to the Dakota].They will appear at teh Dakota in Minneapolis on Sunday, May 6th with sets at 7:00 and 9:00.

Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band

In his 2007 Grammy-winning release, Raise Your Hand on Concord Picante, conguero Poncho Sanchez and his legendary band pay homage to some of his soul heroes, as well as reaching into the timeless traditions of Afro-Cuban jazz and son. Standouts include their rousing treatments of the Stax soul classics "Raise Your Hand" and "Knock On Wood" and the Cuban son "¿Dónde Va Chichi?". Psychedelic Blues, Poncho Sanchez’s newest album and his twenty-fourth recording on Concord Records. It was recently nominated for a 2011 Grammy (Best Latin Jazz Album). Psychedelic Blues features a Latin jazz influenced sound honoring the tradition of Sanchez’s earlier work [click here for a Jazz Police review].

On October 30th 1951 Poncho Sanchez was born youngest of eleven children in Laredo, Texas and raised in Norwalk, California. Sanchez was exposed to and influenced by two very different styles of music: Afro-Cuban music (mambo, son, cha-cha, rhumba, guaracha, salsa) by greats such as Tito Puente, and bebop jazz, including the works of Charlie Parker. Starting as a guitarist and vocalist Sanchez went on to teach himself the flute, drums, and timbales before finally deciding to pursue conga-playing in high school.

Inspired by the conga playing of Cuban great Mongo Santamaria, he honed his skills as a percussionist and broke into the limelight at the age of 23 when he joined vibraphonist Cal Tjader's famed Latin jazz ensemble in 1975. Poncho performed with him until Tjader's untimely death in 1982. A year later, he began his unprecedented 24-year relationship with Concord Records, which has produced two dozen recordings, several Grammy nominations and in 2000, Sanchez and his ensemble won the Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album for their work on the Concord Picante album Latin Soul.

The Dakota is located at 1010 Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis; 612-332-1010 Visit the Dakota website for the full calendar, ticket reservations and more information.

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