David Sanchez - Obsesión (1997)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer David Sanchez Title Obsesión Length 54:31 Discs: 1 Tracks: 8 Format HQ 192+ kbps Packaging Jewel Case Label Columbia Cat. Number 69116 Style Latin Jazz; Post-Bop Rating Recorded listopad 1997  Comment easy-latino-orchestral ;-)

Musicians

Credits

David Sanchez sax tenor, sax soprano Tom Christensen clarinet, oboe Richie Flores percussion-various Edsel Gomez piano John Clark french horn Toby Appel viola Dale Kleps flute Andres Boiarsky sax tenor, clarinet, sax soprano John Benitez bass Valerie Turner violin Roger Rosenberg Bassoon, Clarinet (Bass), Sax (Baritone) Christopher Finckel cello Pernell Saturnino percussion-various Juan Gutierrez percussion-various Hector "Tito" Matos percussion-various Adam Cruz drums George Young flute Guillermo Figueroa violin

Producer Branford Marsalis Producer David Sanchez Mastering Steve Reynolds Mastering Rick Rowe

Track list

01 Los Aretes De La Luna 05:04 02 Omorro Nao Tem Vez 07:04 03 Lamento Borincano 07:55 04 Sońando Con Puerto Rico 07:02 05 Obsesión 06:51 06 Cuban Fantasy 05:10 07 Essa Mulher 06:27 08 Ca Pullito De Alheli 08:58

Notes

AMG Review by Scott Yanow (4): For this effort, David Sanchez (who doubles on tenor and soprano) sought to combine the music of two countries that have usually stayed quite separate: Cuba and Brazil. Sanchez performs one song from Cuba, two from Brazil, four from his native Puerto Rico, and one ("Cuban Fantasy") from the U.S. The results, which utilize a medium-size band augmented by woodwinds and a few strings, have heated Cuban rhythms intermingling with Brazilian-type melodies and American jazz solos. Most of the spotlight is on the leader, whose tenor solos on "Los Arestes De La Luna" and "Sonando Con Puerto Rico" sound heavily influenced by Dexter Gordon, although his work on the other numbers is more original. Several of the melodies are quite catchy, and the rhythms are both exuberant and soothing; overall, this is a well-paced set that stays in one's memory long after the CD has ended.