b. 3 September 1968, Hato Rey, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Starting out as a percussionist in a Latin band with his brother, Sanchez took up the saxophone at the age of 12. By the time he was 15 he had begun taking the tenor saxophone more seriously and was also hearing jazz, on record, and liking it. He listened to Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins. When Sanchez was 16 he visited New York on holiday, buying more records, and eventually reached a standard in his own playing to allow him to join Kenny Burrell's quartet. From there he moved to Dizzy Gillespie's small group, then his big band.

Listen to David Sanchez at Finetune.

• (2008)  Cultural Survival
• (2000)  Melaza
• (1998)  Obsesión
• (1996)  Street Scenes
• (1994)  The Departure

• Street Scenes
• Puerto San Juan
• Caras Negras
• I'll Be Around
• Dee Like the Breeze

• Miles Davis
• John Coltrane
• Branford Marsalis
• Joshua Redman
• Boney James
• Pat Metheny
• Stan Getz
• Stanley Turrentine
• Ornette Coleman
• Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Greg Osby
• Sonny Rollins
• Weather Report
• Kenny Dorham
• Benny Carter
• Astrud Gilberto
• Charlie Parker
• BRANFORD MARSALIS TRIO
• Lee Morgan
• David Sanborn

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