Antonio Sanchez in LA

[ladanny]

Oh my gosh! The Pat Metheny Trio is playing in LA at Disney Hall!!!

Pat Matheny, Christian McBride, and Antonio Sanchez in the most acoustically accurate hall!

Sept 24th

I can't go, so SOMEONE please attend, review and TAPE! [img]wink.gif[/img]

Danny

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ September 09, 2005 10:29 PM: Message edited by: ladanny ]</font>

[troutbrooke]

I'm going. I got tickets a long time ago. I'll post a review, but I'm not planning on recording the show.

[got_a_matchgrip]

I caught them a yr + half ago or so when they made the rounds [SE US]. Kicked arse, i don't care what a poo-pooer [parade-pisser] might have to say. [img]wink.gif[/img] You know..."yeah he's great & all, BUT..." ["oh no!" - promptly turns tail, & leaves the room..."talk to da hand, bee-hatch"] [img]tongue.gif[/img] ...["AS doesn't play against the LF clave all that great...PM ain't playing 'jazz'"...etc] [img]graemlins/sure.gif[/img] /;-]

Whether it's his band [PMG] or trio; live, IMO it's the shedt.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ September 12, 2005 05:32 PM: Message edited by: got_a_match_grip? ]</font>

[troutbrooke]

I saw the full band earlier this year too on what was apparently their worst gig ever, and they were really horrible.

I hope the trio thing is better.

[troutbrooke]

The band was in TOP form last night. For the second half of the show they were joined by David Sanchez on saxophone.

Antonio was brilliant, but something about his touch leaves me cold. He kept doing this thing where he'd press the sticks into the heads and it just doesn't sound pleasing to my ears. He plays very 'percussively' in that he hits rims and uses his sidestick more than most. He never seems to just hit the tom and get a nice tone out of it.

But hey, I'm nit-picking now. It was a fantastic, fantastic show and I thoroughly enjoyed myself (having second row seats helps too....)

[got_a_matchgrip]

See there? Told ya. Cool that ya had that tood adjustment... [img]wink.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img] J/K Oh well, guess everyone has a 'bad night' AOTOA...

Frequently have & have heard complaints about AS' live sound tho. Whether it's he or the FOH. Kick never seems to dominate ever either.

But i ain't sayin' squat about his playing. Any small qualms i might have about any incidental playing things are overwhelmed by his overall performance expertise. [img]wink.gif[/img] & when he';s [frequently] busy, it doesnt bother me in the least.
Overall, consistently a great bunch of genre-meshing live musicians.

Word.

Peace. [img]cool.gif[/img]

[troutbrooke]

Originally posted by got_a_match_grip?:
But i ain't sayin' squat about his playing. Any small qualms i might have about any incidental playing things are overwhelmed by his overall performance expertise. [img]wink.gif[/img] & when he's busy, it doesnt bother me in the least.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">He can busy, yes, but he's extremely musical. As for his bass drum, he WAS playing an 18", so it's not gonna be in yer face.

I really love everything about his playing EXCEPT for his touch on the toms. That's it.

[PortmanGroove]

Antonio is like a classical musician in my opinion. He's very musical, has plenty of ability, but I just don't feel the groove. I will go as far as to say in my opinion, this guy has no pocket. Swing needs to swing, regardless of how intellectual the interplay is, or how many latin rhythms he can play over the left foot clave. Ultimately if the groove isn't there, how is any of that important?

[got_a_matchgrip]

Well, i suppose pocket might not be his forte[?]...I didn't hear much "pocket" music being played the night i saw the trio, but...
I guess we're starting another infamous "what is pocket [or groove, or jazz]" thread here.
I'll go ahead & re-start it by saying Donati doesn't have pocket either. [img]wink.gif[/img]
Oh no...run away...run far far away...now. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I might add I DO like the quote about pocket... ;-]
Word.
Peace out.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ September 25, 2005 09:48 PM: Message edited by: got_a_match_grip? ]</font>

[matricks]

Funny thing is that Antonio came from a rock background when he was growing up... one would think he would be more bottom heavy than he is, more digging into the pocket, so to speak.