When Poncho Sanchez was very small he used to stay up late listening to his sisters dance the cha-cha-cha, their feet scraping out rhythms on the floor. When he was a bit older, he hung out in his mother's garage, playing conga grooves for hours on end. Now a Grammy-winning bandleader with 26 albums to his credit, Sanchez is often described as the "keeper of the flame" of Latin Jazz. In this feature, Sanchez demonstrates how different percussive patterns combine to create a mambo groove. The piece ends with the master conguero showing how he and his band combine elements of Latin music and jazz in a tune by one of Sanchez's heroes, the late saxophonist Eddie Harris. As in all the pieces in David Schulman's CPB-supported Musicians in their own words series, the story is told through a mix of the performer's voice and music. There is no reporter's voice heard, allowing the feature to be seamlessly incorporated into station news, talk, or music programming. Scripts for intro and outro are attached, and may be edited at will. This feature works especially well when pegged to local performances. Poncho Sanchez's tour schedule includes these dates: 9/29 Radford, VA Radford University ? 9/30 Washington, DC Duke Ellington Jazz Festival ? 10/09 Los Angeles, CA Proyecto Pastoral ? 10/17 Santa Barbara, CA SoHo ? 10/23 Long Beach, CA Museum Of Latin American Art ? 10/24 Concord, CA Chronicle Pavilion ? 10/29 Saint Louis, MO Sheldon Concert Hall ? 11/12 &13? San Diego, CA 11/14? Escondido, CA 11/20 Visalia, CA Fox Theatre ? 11/23 West Palm Beach, FL Kravis Center ? 12/10 Tucson, AZ Desert Diamond Casino ? 1/12-16 Oakland, CA Yoshi's ? 1/17 Santa Cruz, CA Kuumbwa Jazz Center ? 1/23 Palm Springs, CA Annenberg Theatre ? 1/29 Austin, TX University Of Texas This piece debuts on PRX.

When Poncho Sanchez was very small he used to stay up late listening to his sisters dance the cha-cha-cha, their feet scraping out rhythms on the floor. When he was a bit older, he hung out in his mother's garage, playing conga grooves for hours on end. Now a Grammy-winning bandleader with 26 albums to his credit, Sanchez is often described as the "keeper of the flame" of Latin Jazz. In this feature, Sanchez demonstrates how different percussive patterns combine to create a mambo groove. The piece ends with the master conguero showing how he and his band combine elements of Latin music and jazz in a tune by one of Sanchez's heroes, the late saxophonist Eddie Harris. As in all the pieces in David Schulman's CPB-supported Musicians in their own words series, the story is told through a mix of the performer's voice and music. There is no reporter's voice heard, allowing the feature to be seamlessly incorporated into station news, talk, or music programming. Scripts for intro and outro are attached, and may be edited at will. This feature works especially well when pegged to local performances. Poncho Sanchez's tour schedule includes these dates: 9/29 Radford, VA Radford University ? 9/30 Washington, DC Duke Ellington Jazz Festival ? 10/09 Los Angeles, CA Proyecto Pastoral ? 10/17 Santa Barbara, CA SoHo ? 10/23 Long Beach, CA Museum Of Latin American Art ? 10/24 Concord, CA Chronicle Pavilion ? 10/29 Saint Louis, MO Sheldon Concert Hall ? 11/12 &13? San Diego, CA 11/14? Escondido, CA 11/20 Visalia, CA Fox Theatre ? 11/23 West Palm Beach, FL Kravis Center ? 12/10 Tucson, AZ Desert Diamond Casino ? 1/12-16 Oakland, CA Yoshi's ? 1/17 Santa Cruz, CA Kuumbwa Jazz Center ? 1/23 Palm Springs, CA Annenberg Theatre ? 1/29 Austin, TX University Of Texas This piece debuts on PRX.