Perico Sambeat

Perico Sambeat
Perico Sambeat, 2012
Background information
BornValencia, Spain
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentSaxophone
LabelsFresh Sound

Perico Sambeat (born 13 July 1962) is a Spanish jazz saxophonist.

Initially training as a classical flute player, Sambeat began playing the saxophone in 1980. In 1982, he moved to Barcelona and started to concentrate on the saxophone full-time. He has been a professor at Berklee's campus in Valencia, Spain since 2013.

Reviewing his album Friendship, John Fordham of The Guardian described Sambeat as "an artist of imposing character within a straightish postbop context".