Sánchez has had a remarkable career spanning 37 years, which began in Puerto Rico and was shaped by the rhythms of bomba, plena, salsa, and Caribbean music. These roots not only sparked his lifelong musical curiosity but also laid the foundation for his groundbreaking work, manifested into eleven albums, starting with "The Departure," and particularly with "Melaza," which has influenced new generations of musicians and was listed on The New York Times' full-time jazz writer Nate Chinen's book 'Playing Changes: Jazz for the New Century': The 129 Essential Albums of the Twenty-First Century (So Far). The 2004 Latin Grammy award winner album "Coral," the 2020 Grammy-nominated "Carib," inspired by Haitian roots music and Afro-Puerto Rican rhythms, and his latest album "Tambó," a deeper exploration of the pan-African musical relationships that shape the Caribbean, connecting traditions from Loíza, Puerto Rico, to San Basilio de Palenque in Colombia — two emblematic communities separated by geography but united by their Afro-descendant roots and by music's enduring role as a vessel of memory, identity, and freedom.