Poncho Sanchez Live Webcast - Sunday, Sept. 24, 8 pm ET/5 pm PT. Poncho Sanchez Live on Tour 9/24: San Diego, CA, TBA 9/27: Mexico City, MEX Rimel 10/6: West Hollywood, CA, Conga Room 10/7: Avalon, CA, TBA 10/20: Wilmington, CA, Boys & Girls Club 10/21: Norwalk, CA, Norwalk High School 10/26: Williamsburg, VA, William & Mary College 10/28: Spartanburg, SC, Univ. Of South Carolina 11/04: Acapulco, MEX, ACA World Sound Festival 11/18: Brownsville, TX, Brownsville Jazz Festival

Sanchez, who recently electrified the audience at the first Annual Latin Grammy Awards, is a major rhythmic force in Latin music. A multi-Grammy award winner, he has been expanding the lexicon of Afro-Cuban jazz as a bandleader and composer for almost two decades. His latest album, Soul of the Conga, features Joey DeFrancesco on organ and trumpeter Terence Blanchard, and offers further proof of the vitality of his music.

Since his first collaborations with noted composer and arranger Clare Fischer in the ensemble Salsa Picante, Sanchez has been on the forefront of modern Afro-Cuban jazz. Inspired by intricate Afro-Caribbean music of Cuba and Puerto Rico, Sanchez, who is Mexican-American, started his career at a weekly Latin music jam session in Los Angeles' Griffith Park.

After gaining considerable recognition for his work with Fischer, Poncho's soulful rhythms caught the ear of legendary vibraphonist Cal Tjader. With Tjader, Sanchez began a fruitful working relationship beginning in 1975 that lasted until the Tjader's death in 1982. Since his debut disc, Sonando (Concord-Picante, 1982), Sanchez has recorded a string of sensational albums that have made him a constant favorite with Latin jazz fans around the world.

Sanchez, who recently electrified the audience at the first Annual Latin Grammy Awards, is a major rhythmic force in Latin music. A multi-Grammy-award winner, he has been expanding the lexicon of Afro-Cuban jazz as a bandleader and composer for almost two decades. Since his debut disc, Sonando (Concord-Picante, 1982), Sanchez has recorded a string of sensational albums that have made him a constant favorite with Latin jazz fans around the world.