In 2014, Alejandro G. Iñárritu made BİRDMAN or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), a movie with no traditional score—just a single drummer responding to every scene in real time. Now, that drummer, is playing the soundtrack live as the film screens above him. BİRDMAN hits different when it's happening right in front of you.
Drummer and composer Antonio Sánchez has collaborated with Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, and Trent Reznor. He's played for packed rooms that end the night on their feet. He’s even performing with Jacob Jonas The Company right here in the same theater the night before this show. But with BİRDMAN LIVE, he’s not a background act. He's the whole show.
Each performance is different. Sánchez knows the rough tones and cadences each scene requires, but he leaves room for the music to go wherever the moment takes it. What that means for you: nobody in any other city, on any other night, will see exactly what you'll see on March 29.
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