Seeing the young man's talent, Tjader hired Sanchez for a week before officially making him a full member of the ensemble. Career In 1975, Sanchez's idol, invited him to perform one set with his band. Sanchez would later go on to teach himself the, and before finally deciding to pursue conga-playing in. Originally a, he discovered his talent for singing during an audition for an band 'The Halos' that rehearsed across the street from where he lived with his neighborhood friend Ralph Vasquez then becoming the lead vocalist of the group. Growing up, Sanchez was exposed to and influenced by two very different styles of music: music (, Changui and Son) by greats such as, and, including the works of and. Early life The youngest of eleven children, Poncho Sanchez was born in and reared in. Sam Moore has a blast with the sassy “Hitch It to the Horse,” while Ray Charles adds his whimsical touch to the salsified blues tune “Mary Ann.” The remaining question is, just where is the Godfather of Soul himself? Hopefully, he’s proud of one of the most unique tributes to him ever fashioned.Contents. “JB’s Strut” funks out with the horniest of them, but Brown is paid even greater homage on blues/soul/big-band/Latin renderings of three of his tunes, “Saints and Sinners,” “Out of Sight” (sung with a tongue-in-cheek Brown bravura by Sanchez), and “Conmigo.” And while he’s at it, Sanchez invites two legendary soul men to make things even more authentic. The opening track, the funky, brass-driven cha cha “One Mint Julep,” features not only the organ arpeggios of Billy Preston, but also two of the horn guys from the James Brown band, Fred Wesley and Pee Wee Ellis. Increasingly aware that classic R&B songs adapt well to the jazzy cha cha tempos that drive his ensemble, Sanchez evolves beautifully on the new collection into a style of Latin soul that’s truly compelling. The legendary conguero may be known as one of the modern kings of all jazz that’s Latin, but he’s also an old-school soul junkie at heart, having grown up in southern California in the ’60s while he was learning to play tropical Latin music professionally, his radio was full of classic Stax and Motown.
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