Studio films with pure jazz scores are few and far between in this day and age. Unlike the ’60s when composers like Quincy Jones and Lalo Schifrin churned them out, most filmmakers gravitate toward ...

How big an impact can a film that wins four Oscars have on someone who doesn’t appear on screen in a single frame of that film? In the case of Antonio Sánchez, life-changing. The Mexico City native ...

How big an impact can a film that wins four Oscars have on someone who doesn’t appear onscreen in that film? In the case of Antonio Sánchez, life-changing. The Mexico City native and 20-year veteran ...

As a musician used to working on the fringes of popular culture, Antonio Sanchez never anticipated that his skills as an improvisational jazz drummer would lead to Hollywood. Then director Alejandro ...

Thanksgiving is just a few days away, but before we dig into the seasonal fowl, let’s digest this year’s other most buzz-worthy winged creature. Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu‘s one-of-a-kind film ...

Watching Antonio Sánchez and Bad Hombre behind the Tiny Desk is witnessing an entire band exploring the rhythm of language. Fueled by Sánchez's propulsive drumming, the band both complements and acts ...

If you’ve seen director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Birdman,” chances are you’ve been impressed by the film’s memorable and inventive drum-heavy soundtrack. The score by Mexican-born ...

"What was done with the beginning credits and the end credits, where the drums hit every single little letter — that’s really hard to do," he says. By Chris Willman Birdman Still 1 - H 2014 Jazz ...

Antonio Sanchez's drum score for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) served as a game-changer in the film industry, completely upending notions of what a soundtrack can and can't be. But ...

Antonio Sánchez, the virtuoso drummer and composer, can often be found on tour — tending rhythmic fires for guitarist Pat Metheny; leading Migration, his own dynamic post-bop band; or performing his ...

Born in Mexico City, acclaimed composer and jazz drummer Antonio Sánchez said he began playing the drums at only five-years-old. “My mother really liked rock music, and by listening to it, I started ...