sacbé: sacbé
Francisco Espregueira
From Paris, Favorite Recordings is able to surprise us in every release with their stamp. Focusing on soul, funk, jazz and other related genres from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s they own a very rich catalog combining original productions and reissues. Sacbé and their eponymous LP is another exclusive reissue, and is a Mexican jazz fusion masterpiece from 1977, uniquely and beautifully recorded, similar to what bands like Azymuth were doing at the same time.
Sacbé was composed of Eugenio (keyboards), Enrique (electric bass) & Fernando Toussaint (drums), three brothers hailing from the huge Mexico City, and their friend and sax player Alejandro Campos. Sacbé’s story is made of the study of the jazz greats of the time, challenging ‘cover’ repertoires and inventiveness in creating their own sound. With tenacity, they explored all the possibilities of interpretations, structures and improvisations, collaborating with great musicians and finding themselves in the position of being their own producers. The self-titled Sacbé LP was the starting point for a whole career of recordings, with a total of seven albums including various guests, now reissued for the pleasure of so many collectors worldwide. Available in vinyl, via Favorite Recordings.
““Sacbé” means white road in the Mayan culture, it was the name for the roads connecting the main ceremonial centres with the jungle, made of roughly three feet of coral limestone. They were sacred roads used by high priests and warriors, which echoed the musical path of the three brothers.”