Antonio Sánchez

Multi-Grammy winning drummer, composer, and bandleader Antonio Sanchéz is an indispensable part of the international jazz scene. Since arriving in New York City in 1999, Sanchéz has appeared on hundreds of recordings from a wide range of musicians, including nine albums with guitarist Pat Metheny. Further, he has worked as a composer in film and television. He wrote the Grammy-winning original score for the 2014 Oscar-awarded film Birdman, and has also scored the Epix TV series Get Shorty. He has issued a dozen widely acclaimed albums under his own name including 2007's Migration, 2014's Three Times Three, 2015's Meridian Suite, 2017's Grammy-winning sociopolitical electronica & drums exploration Bad Hombre, 2018's Channels of Energy with the WDR Big Band, 2019's Lines in the Sand, and 2022's Shift (Bad Hombre, Vol. 2). In 2025, he collaborated with Snarky Puppy's Michael League and fellow percussionist Pedrito Martinez on Elipsis.