Brandon Sanders at The Nash

“You may not hear a more tasteful, delightfully hard-swinging jazz album in 2023 than drummer Brandon Sanders’ debut, Compton’s Finest.”
– AllMusic
“Brandon Sanders, a Harlem favorite, is a swinging drummer who always establishes a good feel for whatever group he’s playing with.”
– Drummer Lewis Nash
As far as drummer Brandon Sanders is concerned, everyone should have a grandmother who runs a jazz club. It was at the Casablanca, his grandmother’s boite in Kansas City, that he was first exposed to the music that changed his life. During summer visits from his home in Los Angeles in the mid-1970s through the late ’80s, young Brandon not only encountered the music of such greats as Jimmy Smith, Grant Green, and Lou Donaldson, he also learned about their lives from the stories his grandma told him. ...

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“You may not hear a more tasteful, delightfully hard-swinging jazz album in 2023 than drummer Brandon Sanders’ debut, Compton’s Finest.”
– AllMusic
“Brandon Sanders, a Harlem favorite, is a swinging drummer who always establishes a good feel for whatever group he’s playing with.”
– Drummer Lewis Nash
As far as drummer Brandon Sanders is concerned, everyone should have a grandmother who runs a jazz club. It was at the Casablanca, his grandmother’s boite in Kansas City, that he was first exposed to the music that changed his life. During summer visits from his home in Los Angeles in the mid-1970s through the late ’80s, young Brandon not only encountered the music of such greats as Jimmy Smith, Grant Green, and Lou Donaldson, he also learned about their lives from the stories his grandma told him.
On his sophomore recording for Savant, Brandon Sanders pays homage to the influence and memory of his grandmother, Ernestine Parker, in the the album’s first track, “Miss Ernestine.” With his understated, whispery light touch on the drums, Sanders breathes fresh life into favorites, such as Parker’s “Moose the Mooche” and Monk’s “Four in One.” The group shifts into pop mode on the Michael Jackson hit “Human Nature,” which features guest vocalist Christie Dashiell, who also delivers a sensuous version of Ellington’s “Prelude to a Kiss.” Featuring vibraphonist Warren Wolf, pianist Keith Brown, bassist David Wong and saxophonist Chris Lewis, “The Tables Will Turn” marks another important chapter in Brandon Sander’s career.
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