Antonio Sanchez

The Meridian Suite (CAMJ 7890-2)

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The Meridian Suite

Antonio Sanchez

CAM Jazz

8052405141637

ITF 145632

CAMJ 7890-2

JAZZ

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The Meridian Suite

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CD 14,98 €

PERSONNEL:

ANTONIO SANCHEZ, drums, keyboards and vocals
SEAMUS BLAKE, tenor sax, EWI
JOHN ESCREET, piano, Fender Rhodes
MATT BREWER, acoustic and electric bass

Special Guests: THANA ALEXA, vocals and ADAM ROGERS, guitars

Recorded in New York on 15, 16, 17 December 2014 at Avatar Studios.

TRACKS:

01. Grids And Patterns
02. Imaginary Lines
03. Channels Of Energy
04. Magnetic Currents
05. Pathways Of The Mind

Sanchez's experience composing the Birdman score was heavily influential on the cinematic scope of The Meridian Suite, his fifth album as leader on Italian label CAM JAZZ. "The movie is basically one long continuous shot," he explains, referring to the film's illusion of being shot in a single take as it follows Michael Keaton through his Broadway breakdown. "That's also what I wanted to do with this suite; to the listener it should be seamless."

The suite takes full advantage of the versatility and wide-ranging palette of Migration, the quartet that Sanchez has led since 2011. Tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake doubles on Electric Wind Instrument (EWI), John Escreet on piano and Fender Rhodes, and Matt Brewer on both acoustic and electric bass. Sanchez also layered keyboard atmospherics onto the album in post-production along with a wide array of guitars from Adam Rogers, while singer Thana Alexa contributes soaring lyrics to the second movement, "Imaginary Lines," and coloristic wordless vocals elsewhere.