How lucky I was to wander into Union Square park this past Thursday to catch this treat:NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY’S AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Under the direction of faculty member and acclaimed drummer Bobby Sanabria (a recent inductee into the Bronx Hall of Fame), New School Jazz students and alumni present a lively afternoon of blues, bolero and mambo by the masters of Afro-Cuban music. "Bobby Sanabria has performed and recorded with a veritable who's who in the world of Jazz and Latin music, as well as with his own critically acclaimed ensemble Ascension. His diverse recording and performance experience includes work with such legendary figures as Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Paquito D'Rivera, Charles McPherson, Mongo Santamaria, Ray Barretto, Larry Harlow, Marco Rizo, Luis "Perico" Ortiz, Chico O'Farrill, Henry Threadgill, and the pioneering godfather of Afro-Cuban Jazz, Mario Bauzá. Sanabria was born and raised in the "Fort Apache" section of New York City's South Bronx to Puerto Rican parents. Inspired and encouraged by Maestro Tito Puente, another fellow New York-born Puerto Rican, Sanabria "got serious" and attended Boston's Berklee College of Music from 1975 to 1979, where he obtained his Bachelor of Music degree. Since graduating from Berklee, he has become a leader in the Afro-Cuban and Jazz fields as both a drummer and a percussionist, as well as being recognized as one of the most articulate scholars of "la tradición." I made a slide show of the event with pics I took and audio I recorded If you can dance then you're a babe magnet machine.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Hot Days, Cool Salsa
How lucky I was to wander into Union Square park this past Thursday to catch this treat:NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY’S AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Under the direction of faculty member and acclaimed drummer Bobby Sanabria (a recent inductee into the Bronx Hall of Fame), New School Jazz students and alumni present a lively afternoon of blues, bolero and mambo by the masters of Afro-Cuban music. "Bobby Sanabria has performed and recorded with a veritable who's who in the world of Jazz and Latin music, as well as with his own critically acclaimed ensemble Ascension. His diverse recording and performance experience includes work with such legendary figures as Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Paquito D'Rivera, Charles McPherson, Mongo Santamaria, Ray Barretto, Larry Harlow, Marco Rizo, Luis "Perico" Ortiz, Chico O'Farrill, Henry Threadgill, and the pioneering godfather of Afro-Cuban Jazz, Mario Bauzá. Sanabria was born and raised in the "Fort Apache" section of New York City's South Bronx to Puerto Rican parents. Inspired and encouraged by Maestro Tito Puente, another fellow New York-born Puerto Rican, Sanabria "got serious" and attended Boston's Berklee College of Music from 1975 to 1979, where he obtained his Bachelor of Music degree. Since graduating from Berklee, he has become a leader in the Afro-Cuban and Jazz fields as both a drummer and a percussionist, as well as being recognized as one of the most articulate scholars of "la tradición." I made a slide show of the event with pics I took and audio I recorded If you can dance then you're a babe magnet machine.
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