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Just as David Sanchez had become one of the biggest and brightest young stars
on the jazz scene in the 1990's in the wake of his debut CD in 1994 he again thrilled
both the critics and listeners with this explosive blockbuster fiesta in 1996 that would
(by far!) become his masterpiece. Performed with striking vitality and caliber rocking
fun, Street Scenes is a highly supercharged and daring masterwork that embellishes
with first rate excellence, explosive solos, velocity-driven pace, an electrifying comb-
ination of hard bop and Latin Soul, swinging vitality and a razzle dazzle background.
Starting with the rousing opening track Caras Negras, the electrifying track set proc-
eeds with fiery rapture on other tracks, like the title track, Dee Like The Breeze, Los
Cronopios, Carmina, the funky Street Scenes `Downtown', The Elements and also a
standard take on Thelonious Monk's Four In One. What added up to the burgeoning
success of Street Scenes is his diverse versatility that feature several special guest
spots by several jazz musicians, like altoist Kenny Garrett (who trades off solos with
Sanchez on the fiery The Elements) and singer Cassandra Wilson (who strike out a
haunting background of Los Cronopios), while Danilo Perez help out extremely well
on few tracks where he showcase his solid piano stylings. Now already established
as a world class master, Sanchez is a young resilient New York-based Puerto Rican
who feeds the fire of Latin funk and showcase his striking form of originality to great
astonishing panache. This landmark classic is an everlasting piece of music making
that will absolutely maintain it's fiery cutting edge and timeless magic.
