Lines In The Sand (2018)

"With Lines In The Sand, Antonio Sanchez sounds a call not only to action, but also about action. Fortified by the talents of his Migration band, the drummer/composer analyzes revolution as the heartbeat of jazz, deploying sonic avatars across a montage of police brutality and protest. Over a delicate bed of John Escreet’s Fender Rhodes, the three-part suite Travesía unravels its politics into a patient groove. Like a thickly canopied forest, it affords only occasional shafts of light to mark the way. As drums announce themselves as being fully present, tenor saxophonist Chase Baird and vocalist Thana Alexa cut through the foliage, fulfilling a promise of a clearing." (DowBeat)