Name: The Departure
Brand: Sony Music Distribution (USA)
SKU: 725447
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The Departure

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Album: The Departure
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Ebony
2)	Woody 'N You
3)	Interlude #1
4)	You Got It, Diz!
5)	Santander
6)	I'll Be Around
7)	Departure, The
8)	Nina's Mood
9)	Cara de Payaso
10)	Interlude #2
11)	CJ
12)	Postlude

Performer Notes

Personnel: David Sanchez (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Tom Harrell (trumpet); Danilo Perez (piano); Peter Washington, Andy Gonzalez (bass); Leon Parker (drums); Milton Cardona (percussion).
Recorded at Sony Music and The Power Station, New York New York between November 23 and December 7, 1993. Includes liner notes by Alfredo Cruz.
This was tenor saxophonist David Sanchez's recording debut as a leader. At 25, Sanchez already had a fairly distinctive tone and the ability to mix bop with Latin jazz. Assisted on most selections by pianist Danilo Perez, either Peter Washington or Andy Gonzalez on bass and drummer Leon Parker (trumpeter Tom Harrell also has three appearances), Sanchez mostly performs new compositions written by either himself or Perez plus "Woodyn' You," "I'll Be Around" and Jimmy Heath's "CJ." A strong and well-rounded beginning to David Sanchez's solo career. ~ Scott Yanow

Professional Reviews

Q (12/94, pp.142-3) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Sanchez, though he isn't as strong and spontaneous as Joshua Redman among heavily promoted new sax stars, brings more musicality to his affection for the tradition...[he] has a querulous tenderness on ballads unusual in a young virtuoso..."

Audio Magazine (7/94, p.77) - "bristles with...energy...a serious blowing date..."