Acclaimed Drummer and Composer Antonio Sánchez at the Kate October 21

OLD SAYBROOK, CT - The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, “the Kate”, welcomes Antonio Sánchez & Bad Hombre with Thana Alexa, Bigyuki and Lex Sadler on Friday, October 21, 2022 at 8 pm.

Four time Grammy winner Antonio Sánchez is a conservatory-trained classical pianist, the composer and performer of the score for the Oscar-winning film BIRDMAN, and one of the most inventive and heralded drummers on the planet today. Born in Mexico City, Sánchez began playing the drums at age five and began to perform professionally in his early teens in Mexico’s rock, jazz and Latin scenes. After pursuing a degree in classical piano at Mexico's National Conservatory he enrolled in Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Shortly after moving to New York City in 1999, Sánchez was scooped-up by Pat Metheny, for whom he recorded nine albums and toured for eighteen years. He has also performed with Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Michael Brecker, and Charlie Haden, among others. On several occasions he was named Modern Drummer’s "Jazz Drummer of the Year".

Sánchez's popularity soared when he scored Alejandro Iñárritu’s film BIRDMAN, winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture. In spring 2022, Warner Bros Records released SHIFT (Bad Hombre Vol II). The much-anticipated recording features Sánchez collaborating with artists ranging such as Trent Reznor, Lila Downs, Meshell Ndegeocello, Dave Matthews, Pat Matheny and more. Social justice was at the forefront of the first Bad Hombre project released in 2017 in response to the political rhetoric disparaging Mexicans. Sánchez has now adapted the term Bad Hombre as an alter ego which allows him to experiment without any stylistic boundaries. SHIFT presents a more hopeful side of the world while still touching on the fragility of current social and political climates.

For information and tickets for all shows at the Kate, visit www.thekate.org or call 860-510-0453.