Released next week (5.20.08) on Concord Picante, the album draws heavily on classic Jazz influences such as Miles Davis & John Coltrane, while fused with David's own distinct variety of Afro-Caribbean and Latin influences.
Cultural Survival features 8 straight ahead jazz tracks that showcase a new direction for Sanchez as he debuts a piano-less quartet on all but three of the eight songs and the inclusion of guitar.
Explaining Cultural Survival's intriguing title, Puerto Rican born Sanchez says:"It's generally about the human condition. It started one day when I was just checking out the radio to find out what's going on in the world. You realize you're surrounded by a younger generation that seems a little unconscious, living in their own space, their own reality, and not being very conscientious about the world around them."
David Sanchez has been nominated for 4 Grammy Awards, and his last album, Coral, won the Latin Grammy for Best Instrumental Album in 2005.
Beginning May 16, David will kick- off a tour by playing a double bill with Danilo Prez in Chicago and on June 13th will be performing at the San Francisco Jazz Festival.
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