Poncho Sanchez and Terence Blanchard = Chano y Dizzy!

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Chano y Dizzy! Honors the legacy of Chano Pozo and Dizzy Gillespie

For more than three decades as both a leader and a sideman, percussionist Poncho Sanchez has stirred up a fiery stew of straightahead jazz, gritty soul music, and infectious melodies and rhythms from a variety of Latin American and South American sources. His influences are numerous, but among the more prominent figures that inform his music are two of the primary architects of Latin jazz -- conga drummer and composer Chano Pozo and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie.

Sanchez pays tribute to these two titans on his new album, Chano y Dizzy!, his 25th recording as a bandleader on Concord Picante, set for release on September 27, 2011. Joining Sanchez on the 11-song set is trumpeter Terence Blanchard, a New Orleans native who literally grew up amid the Cuban and Latin jazz scene and has been a longtime fan of the music's multicultural underpinnings.

"These two musicians were the pioneers of what is now known as Latin jazz," says Sanchez. "Chano Pozo was a genius. He's considered the godfather of conga drummers, and he's someone whom I respect a great deal. And of course, Dizzy Gillespie was an iconic artist in American jazz. I had the honor and pleasure of working with him on several occasions. These guys were the first musicians to bring elements of Latin music to American jazz -- which has resulted in some of the greatest music of the last 50 or 60 years. I felt that it was time to pay tribute to them and their accomplishments."

While the album includes songs originally written and performed by the two legends, it also showcases compositions crafted by other writers that capture the flavor of traditional Latin jazz. Sanchez's touring band assists with the songwriting and arranging. The studio ranks include: pianist David Torres, saxophonist Rob Hardt, trumpeter Ron Blake, trombonist vocalist Francisco Torres, bassist Tony Banda, timbalist George Ortiz, and percussionist Joey De Leon, Jr.

"The great thing about this band is that they take a very traditional approach to Latin music,' says Blanchard. "They pay a lot of attention to the detail of the specific rhythms they're playing, and they understand the historical significance of keeping that heritage alive."

Although born in Laredo, Texas, in 1951 to a large Mexican-American family, Sanchez grew up in a suburb of L.A., where he was raised on an unusual cross section of sounds that included straightahead jazz, Latin jazz and American soul. By his teen years, his musical consciousness had been solidified by the likes of John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Cal Tjader, Mongo Santamaria, Wilson Pickett and James Brown. Along the way, he taught himself to play guitar, flute, drums and timbales, but eventually settled on the congas.

At 24, after working his way around the local club scene for several years, he landed a permanent spot in Cal Tjader's band in 1975. "I learned a great deal from Cal," says Sanchez, "but it wasn't as though he sat me down and taught me lessons like a schoolteacher. Mostly it was just a matter of being around such a great guy. It was the way he conducted himself, the way he talked to people, the way he presented himself onstage. He was very elegant, very dignified, and when he played, he played beautifully. The touch that he had on the vibes -- nobody has that sound. To me, he was -- and is, and always will be -- the world's greatest vibe player."

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[djmambito2]

Typical concordrecords ...bla bla bla

never giving away one full song.

[concordrecords]

@djmambito2 Free song at link in top of description!

[carosqueipo]

disculpe como se llama el tema del video agrdeceria que alguien me lo dijera gracias..............

[yangyin09u]

Same here. I don't want to download your music for free, just listen on YouTube or Vimeo and share it on Facebook or Google+ with my friends. ~ tranquilo

[yangyin09u]

@djmambito2 This is interesting and informative but I agree with @djmambito2

[djmambito2]

@concordrecords

Ha ha , i wasn´t looking for a free music-track !

Sorry i ment putting a full video (track) here on youtube

so i can show that to my visitors @both youtube and on my own website.

Poncho is a very important factor in Latin Jazz but there´s not one single video @Youtube

which is of good enogh quality or that is not infested with talking.

So actually my comment was a request for a decent music-clip in HD.

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[MrJed122]

mazing honest! modest, not flashy talented percussionist awe inspired Ged I just scratched the surface with the tumbou

[SCOCORULES]

@bsramadews ariñañara. search it also with Joe Cuba from Fania All Stars

[Qwaderall]

Thats my son!

[Cyrious]

Just checked out Poncho and Terrence last night...I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED MYSELF!!!!