Antonio Sanchez was born in Mexico City Nov. 1, 1971. At age five, he discovered an irresistible attraction towards the drumset. It wasn't long before he started studying privately with some of the best teachers that Mexico had to offer. After a few years he started performing in a wide variety of musical situations ranging from rock to jazz and latin to fusion with several bands in the city's music scene.
At age seventeen he enrolled in the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City where he pursued a degree in classical piano and composition. In 1993, after four and a half years, he earned a scholarship to pursue Jazz Studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he had the chance to study jazz arranging, improvisation, jazz composition, ear training and harmony among other music related courses. It was in Europe where Metheny started taking notice of Antonio's drumming and he was later offered the drum chair in The Pat Metheny Group.
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