Miguel Zenón

I got playful throughout the whole album.

I think the playfulness between David Sanchez and Miguel Zenon, one on David on tenor and Miguel on alto, they play a lot.

And it seems like they're feeding off of each other, which in ratings goes back to the awareness.

Are we playing together? Yes.

You can hear his direct influence in modern jazz drummers and producers like Makaya McCraven, who creates these dense organic beat collages.

You hear it in the work of jazz innovators like Miguel Zenón or the phenomenal Cuban vocalist Daymé Arocena.

They are all pulling straight from Sabu's playbook of harmonizing the percussion.

And the mother tongue of the drum extends way beyond jazz and hip hop.