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Part II: Jazz Greats and Great Jazz: An Evolutionary Riff
Poncho Sanchez
Poncho Sanchez (born 1951) learned about Latin jazz under a master: Cal
Tjader. Sanchez performed as a member of Tjader’s band for several years
beginning in 1975, and he spiced up albums such as La Onda Va Bien
(Concord Picante) and Gozame! Pero Ya (Concord Picante). By the ’70s,
Sanchez was hailed as the successor on timbales to Tito Puente.
Sanchez began leading his own bands during the early 1980s, producing some
of the decade’s hottest Latin jazz. Papa Gato (Concord Picante), Fuerte!
(Concord Picante), Chile Con Soul (Concord Picante), Para Todos (Concord
Picante), and Soul Sauce: Memories of Cal Tjader (Concord Picante) are
among more recent winners by Sanchez. Today, Sanchez is in the prime of his
career. He continues to record a new album almost every year, including the
2005 Do It! (Concord) with Sanchez’s version of the song “Tin Tin Deo,” written
for Dizzy Gillespie by Chano Pozo.
Arturo Sandoval
A protégé of Dizzy Gillespie, Cuban-born trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (born
1949) began making hot Latin jazz in Cuba in the 1970s — first as a member of
the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna (also including saxophonist and
clarinetist Paquito D’Rivera), then as part of Irakere, a leading Cuban jazz
ensemble. Sandoval plays Gillespie-like bebop over scintillating Latin rhythm.
Check out Danzon (UNI/GRP), Arturo Sandoval & the Latin Train (UNI/GRP),
No Problem (Jazz House), and Hot House (N2K), as well as dueling with his
mentor Dizzy on Gillespie’s To a Finland Station (Original Jazz Classics).
Latin Jazz: The New Generation
Because of CNN, MTV, and satellite communications, culture is becoming
more global and less regional. Different types of music from various parts of
the world spread quickly. For example, thanks to the 1999 documentary film
Buena Vista Social Club, and its accompanying CDs, a whole new group of
Americans learned about authentic Cuban music.
Latin jazz today covers a tremendous range of styles, influences, and artists,
from “Texas rumba” to “Latin jungle jazz,” mambo and South American
varieties. Visit www.latinjazznet.com or www.latinjazzclub.com.
With America’s rapidly growing Latino population (one-third of California’s