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Alejandro Sanz
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Alejandro Sanz is the second son of María Pizarro Medina from Alcalá de los Gazules, and Jesús Sánchez Madero from Algeciras. He began playing guitar at the age of seven and composing his first songs three years later. The young musician started attending management classes after moving from the neighborhood of Pueblo Nuevo to Moratalaz.
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Alejandro Sanz has a good-natured disposition and an affectionate and cordial manner. Charming, optimistic and outgoing, he is warm and friendly to everyone he meets. Sanz is at peace with the world and want to share his feelings with his friends and acquaintances.
This ambitious, 10-track CD by the Spanish vocalist/composer Alejandro Sanz translates into English as The Train of Moments. Sanz's Andalusian-aired, flamenco-flavored vocals are backed by co-producer Lulo Perez's evocative synth arrangements and urban beats--with the help of Mana drummer, Alex Gonzalez, and Ketama vocalist Antonio Carmona--and other hip collaborations. Sanz teams up with Shakira on the spare, Brazilianized track "Te lo Agradezco, Pero No" and mixes it up with the rap duo Calle 13 and guitarist Juanes on the hip-hop/reggaeton-friendly ode to female seduction "La Peleita." The martial and moody video single "A la Primera Persona" contrasts with the rock-ish "Se Molestan" and the jazz-tinged piano chords on "Donde Convergemos." Sanz has been a pan-Latino powerhouse for over 15 years, and this recording will no doubt solidify and expand his position in that pantheon.
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Alejandro Sanz, a Spanish pop musician likened to Enrique Iglesias, has been working on his craft for some time ? since he was seven, to be exact. The pop star began playing at the tender age, and was composing music by the time he was 10. That dedication is what has helped him to become one of the biggest Spanish acts today, with millions of fans all over the world.
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Alejandro Sanz was born December 18, 1968 in Madrid, Spain. Sanz learned to play the guitar from his father and decided that music was his calling and started his career in 1989. Most of his early work in the '90s was very romantic and as time went on added touches of pop, rock and electronica into the mix. One of Sanz's most notable songs outside the love ballads was "La Tortura," which he collaborated on with Shakira. Don't torture yourself, go get some tickets so you can see Alejandro Sanz live in concert.
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From the album title (No Es lo Mismo means "it's not the same"), Alejandro Sanz is showing what this effort is all about. At first, something that was already known: he is not the same as any other Latin ...Read full review
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