WHAT:
The Village Gate & Le Poisson Rouge present: 'SALSA MEETS JAZZ'
WHO:
The Multi-Grammy nominated Bobby Sanabria Big Band with special guests
WHEN:
October 13th, 2008 -7:00 PM Show Time
WHERE:
Le Poisson Rouge 158 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10012
(212) 505-FISH
COST:
Admission $35
Bobby Sanabria is equally adept at the swinging big band sounds of drummers Buddy Rich and Louie Bellson along with another boyhood hero, fusion pioneer Billy Cobham and timbale titan Tito Puente"- Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times
ABOUT BOBBY SANABRIA
Bobby Sanabria is a master drummer, percussionist, and timbalero in the Afro-Cuban tradition. Drawing on all of the cultural roots of the African Diaspora in North America, the Caribbean, and Latin America, he has become one of the foremost educators and advocates for Afro-Cuban and Global music. Raised in the “Fort Apache" section of the Burroughs of the Bronx (New York City), he grew up listening to Puerto Rican, Afro-Cuban, Soul, R&B, Funk, etc. Later inspired by Tito Puente, he attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston from 1975 to 1979 earning a Bachelor's degree in Music. In addition to his pursuits as a performer, Sanabria is considered one of the foremost scholars of “la tradition" and was honored in 1983 with a National Endowment of the Arts grant as a Jazz performer and educator. While not unique among Latin musicians who acknowledge and celebrate the West African musical roots of Latin American music, he is arguably one of the most vocal regarding the appropriate respect for the African musical basis of the various forms of Latin Music and American Jazz. Proficient in a number of forms from Cuban “Son" to New York City-originated “Salsa" to Mario Bauza and Dizzy Gillespie--generated “Cubop" or Afro-Cuban Jazz, Sanabria has recorded with Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie, Chico O'Farrill, Celia Cruz, and the legendary Mario Bauza. A professor at The New School Research Jazz Department in New York City, he has written articles for “Modern Drummer" and “Highlights in Percussion" magazines; and is a regular columnist for the “Descarga Newsletter" and contributor to “New York Latino" magazine. In addition to several recordings as a leader of his groups “Ascension" and “Afro-Cuban Big Band" (Grammy- nominated), Sanabria has conducted clinics, lectures, and seminars throughout the world educating musicians and fans alike about the Afro-Cuban music tradition that informs much of Latin and Black American musical genres throughout the Western hemisphere. Ache!!
ABOUT CANDIDO
Well into his eighties, LP's elder statesman Candido Camero shows no sign of slowing down. His touch on congas is sure, his time is solid, his sound is uniquely his own, and his execution is as nimble as that of a man half his age. Born in 1921 in a Havana barrio called El Cerro, Candido was initially a multi-instrumentalist, showing facility on tres, guitar, and bass-these being key instruments in the popular Son music of the day. A switch to bongos and congas led to a six-year spell with the CMQ Radio Orchestra and a residency at the famed Cabaret Tropicana.
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