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Alex Lopez: We Can Take This Boat
by Dan Bilawsky
While We Can Take This Boat is the debut from New York-based tenor saxophonist Alex Lopez, he's no unseasoned novice. Lopez studied with saxophonists George Garzone, Jerry Bergonzi, and Bob Mintzer, obtained his Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Miami and his Masters at the Manhattan School of Music, and managed to turn some ...
Take Five With John Beaty
by AAJ Staff
Meet John Beaty: Beaumont is a small city in East Texas. Beaumont is the birthplace of Joe and John Beaty. Beaumont is their band. Beaumont is their story. Beaumont is one of the vanguard groups for the Stretch Genre. Joining other premier Stretch groups on the My Mom Things I'm Great ...
Bobby Sanabria, and the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra Nominated for a Latin Grammy.
Multi-Grammy nominated Jazz and Latin music artist, bandleader and educator, Bobby Sanabria, and the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, have nominated for a Latin Grammy (LARAS) for Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!!, in the Latin Jazz category. Under Professor Sanabria's direction, it's the second time the 21-member orchestra has been nominated for this prestigious award. ...
Stefan Zeniuk: Gato Loco
by Dan Bilawsky
If Danny Elfman, Marc Ribot, Ennio Morricone, Ry Cooder and Bobby Sanabria ever put together a band, it might sound something like Gato Loco. This eleven-piece unit, under the direction of saxophonist-composer Stefan Zeniuk, creates Latin-influenced carnival jazz with a punk attitude, and they seem to have a great time while doing it. ...
NARAS Messed with the Wrong Latin Jazz Artists...
What started as a plan to simplify the Grammys is now getting really, really complicated. On Tuesday, a group of Latin Jazz artists decided to sue NARAS in New York Supreme Court, a move that follows months of frustration. The suit, filed by artists Bobby Sanabria, Ben Lapidus, Mark Levine and Eugene Marlow, alleges that the ...
Eugene Marlow's Heritage Ensemble: A Fresh Take
by Bruce Lindsay
A Fresh Take is Eugene Marlow's third album of songs from the Hebrew tradition. It builds on the foundation of the excellent Celebrations (MEII Enterprises, 2010) but rather than extending the Heritage Ensemble's repertoire still further, it reworks the tunes on the 2006 debut, Making The Music Our Own (MEII Enterprises). It's unusual to find a ...
Gary Giddins on Ignored Black Jazz Writers
by Greg Thomas
In the first essay for the Race and Jazz column, I gave a first-person account of how my love and appreciation of certain “white" saxophonists served to safeguard me from the temptation of racism back in college during the early-to-mid-'80s. My second essay privileged culture over race, and told the story of how attorney and constitutional ...
Latin Jazz Conversations: Bobby Sanabria (Part 3)
A full time dedication to music is an honorable way for a person to spend their life, and their legacy should be honored at every turn. When an individual focuses their complete energy upon artistic growth and the extension of a musical tradition, they take the road less traveled, insuring a life outside the mainstream. Unfortunately, ...
Latin Jazz Conversations: Bobby Sanabria (Part 2)
The most magical musical performances can be exploding within a certain area, and sometimes the world stays blind to these creative miracles. Before the Internet catapulted us into the Internet age, one could attribute some of this disconnected musical knowledge to distance. It's a musician's job to know about great artists though, and one has to ...
Latin Jazz Conversations: Bobby Sanabria (Part 1)
Most successful people can remember a life altering moment that set their destiny clearly in their view, and for many musicians, this event revolves around a great performance. Coming into contact with live music always leaves a mark on someone with an interest in the art form, but watching a master at work burns a picture ...
