DOWNBEAT | Antonio Sánchez, Thana Alexa Grow Their Partnership

Screen Shot 2020-09-18 at 10.59.20 PM.png

On a chilly January night in New York City, drummer-composer Antonio Sánchez plays a full-body phrase. He hangs back in the measures before repeating it—a provocation. Alongside saxophonist and EWI artist Chase Baird, vocalist Thana Alexa stretches vowels around quarter-tones in extended moments of dissonance on the Blue Note stage. She recites a wordless incantation she’s never delivered—one she’ll never repeat. These moments of intensity are typical for a show by the band Migration.

Read more here.

Previous
Previous

NEWS BREAK | Charles Lloyd: “The thing is I want to share the music. I’m still on a mission and it can’t happen - this is plague time…”

Next
Next

NPR | Ambrose Akinmusire's New Album Is A Circle In Time, Right Back To His First Jazz Show