Marta Sánchez Quintet (ES/US)

All of the albums received great reviews from the American press being two of these records, Partenika and El Rayo de Luz selected by The New York Times as one of the 10 best albums of 2015 and Best 10 jazz albums of 2019. Her records have been featured at The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fresh Air, DownBeat, WBGO, among many other outlets. The last record of the quintet, SAAM (Spanish American Art Museum) has been included in the lists of the best records of 2022 on Slate, DownBeat, BandCamp, All Music, Pop Matters, The Arts Fuse, Caravan and many others. The quintet has performed in the more prestigious venues of New York, as Birdland, Blue Note, Dizzy’s Club, The Jazz Gallery, Smalls, or Roulette Intermedium among many others. It has performed at prestigious venues and festivals such as Jazz Festival Vitoria Gasteiz, Madrid Jazz Festival, New York Winter Jazz Festival, Eurojazz in Mexico City, and many others.

Marta Sanchez came to New York in 2011 to study a master in Jazz Piano Performance at NYU thanks to a Fulbright scholarship. Since then she has been playing in New York and around the world on a regular basis. She has played with David Murray, Chris Potter, Oscar Noriega, Tim Berne, and many many others.

FEATURING:

Marta Sánchez - piano

Roman Filiu - saxophone

Alex LoRe - saxophone

Rashaan Carter - double bass

Mark Whitfield Jr. - drums