Antonio Sanchez: Jazz across borders
The Grammy award-winner highlighting issues on the US-Mexico border; being a female bassist in Sudan; the unknown story of Azerbaijani jazz; and the art that changed Soweto Kinch
Antonio Sanchez was born in Mexico City, before moving to the US to study music. Fast forward three decades and the jazz drummer has won four Grammys and composed the soundtrack for Oscar winning film Birdman. Now a dual Mexican-American citizen, Antonio has been outspoken in his criticism of President Trump’s comments about migrants and controversial policies on those caught crossing the US-Mexico border. He tells us how these issues have found their way onto his latest album, Lines in the Sand.
We meet the female bass player blazing a trail on the Sudanese music scene. Despite being frequently harassed for being a woman on stage, Islam Elbeiti tells Tina why she is passionate about performing and even celebrates her love of jazz on a weekly radio show.
Have you heard of Azerbaijani jazz? We look at the nation’s century long love affair with jazz and the foundations of its own unique style, Jazz Mugham.
The award-winning British saxophonist Soweto Kinch chooses his Art That Changed Me for The Cultural Frontline – a painting by Aaron Douglas, titled The Negro in African Setting.
Presented by Tina Daheley.
Image: Antonio Sanchez performing
Image credit: Peter Van Breukelen/Redferns, Getty.
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