| Angelica Sanchez | |
| Background: | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| Birth Date: | 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Phoenix, Arizona, US |
| Genre: | Jazz, post-bop |
| Occupation: | Musician |
| Instrument: | Piano |
| Label: | Sunnyside, Clean Feed, Marge |
Angelica Sanchez (born 1972) is an American jazz pianist based in New York. Sanchez leads her own quartet featuring Tony Malaby, Drew Gress, and Tom Rainey. She is a member of Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra[1] [2]
Her 2022 album Sparkle Beings was ranked the #8 best jazz album of 2022 by The New York Times.[3]
Sanchez was born in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1972. From 1990 to 1994 she studied piano and composition at Arizona State University.[4] She moved to New York from Arizona in 1994 and has been collaborating with a wide variety of artists in the New York jazz scene for over 25 years.[5]
| Year released | Title | Label | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Mirror Me | Omnitone | |
| 2008 | Life Between | Clean Feed | |
| 2011 | A Little House | Clean Feed | |
| 2012 | Wires and Moss[6] | Clean Feed | Quintet with Marc Ducret on guitar, Tony Malaby on tenor and soprano saxophone, Drew Gress on double bass, and Tom Rainey on drums. |
| 2013 | Twine Forest | Trem Azul | |
| 2017 | Float the Edge | Clean Feed | |
| 2020 | How to Turn the Moon[7] | Pyroclastic | Duet with Marilyn Crispell |
| 2022 | Sparkle Beings | Sunnyside | |
| 2022 | Nighttime Creatures | Pyroclastic | |
| Year released | Title | Label | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Circle Down[8] | 482 Music | Trio led by Chad Taylor | |
| 2023 | Lightning Dreamers[9] | International Anthem | As part of Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra |