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Poncho Sanchez: Freedom Sound
by Jim Santella
Performing, for the most part, classic tunes from the Jazz Crusaders' archives, Poncho Sanchez' Latin Jazz ensemble offers a mellow session with a little salsa on the side. Guests Wayne Henderson and Wilton Felder work together on only three tracks, and they blend quite well with the Sanchez horn section; however, all the horn players seem to have much in common. Over the past fifteen years, the horn unit in Sanchez' octet has always been strong; the personnel changes have ...
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by Robert Spencer
Bill Cosby's charming liner notes to Poncho Sanchez's Freedom Sound describe how the new listener to Poncho will end up devoting his whole life to following him around, growing a Poncho beard, wearing a Poncho cap-even to bed, etc. There are a few recordings that have made me want to buy all the “cups, mugs, and frisbees" the artist puts out, so Cos may be right. (I don't know if Poncho really puts that kind of stuff out. The notes ...
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