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Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band to release “Arsenio and Beyond” April 10th!
“The true Father of Mambo and Son Montuno, without Arsenio Rodriguez there is no salsa, Afro-Cuban jazz, and many would even argue, rock and funk. Although his music is timeless, I’ve always envisioned it being interpreted in a big band setting with modern, progressive jazz oriented arrangements. That vision has now finally become a reality in the recording you are holding in your hands. That it was done in front of a live audience with my incredible Multiverse Big Band in the mighty South Bronx where Arsenio once lived, in the new Bronx Music Hall where I am the co-Artistic Director with Elena Martinez right near where I grew up makes it even more special. ¡Qué viva Arsenio!” – Bobby Sanabria
Next City’s Top Urban Arts and Culture Stories of 2024
“With the Oct. 18 opening of the Bronx Music Hall, the borough is getting its first independently-owned cultural venue in over 50 years. The performance venue and cultural center anchors the new Bronx Commons, which offers 305 affordable studio units and apartments. ” Read Full Article
LatinJazzNet: In Conversation with Drummer, Percussionist, Bandleader Bobby Sanabria
“Vox Humana” nominated for Best Latin Jazz Album at the 2024 GRAMMYs!
NYC as MUSE: Bobby Sanabria on What it Means to be a New Yorker
Drummer Bobby Sanabria looks back on the Latin-jazz giant who never tired of playing for dancers and always aimed to give the audience something extraordinary.
Bobby Sanabria and his Multiverse Big Band return with their most ambitious work to date, VOX HUMANA
On the heels of their Grammy nominated and 2019 Jazz Journalists Association Album of the Year Award winning critically acclaimed masterwork, West Side Story Reimagined, and in celebration of their 25th anniversary – drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, bandleader, educator, Bobby Sanabria and his Multiverse Big Band return with their most ambitious work to date, VOX HUMANA.
Bobby states, “Over the course of our many Grammy nominated albums we’ve occasionally featured tracks with vocals. But I’ve always envisioned doing an entire vocal album framed by the Multiverse Big Band. Now with three of today’s greatest contemporary singing talents – multi-Grammy award winner Janis Siegel from the Manhattan Transfer, blues and jazz Queen Antoinette Montague, and the multi-lingual powerhouse, Jennifer Jade Ledesna, today that vision has finally become a reality.
Bobby Sanabria giving credit where credit is due
Bobby interviews Conrad Herwig
Conrad Herwig’s album “The Latin Side of Mingus” featured on WBGO’s New Day, New Play December 5-9
Bobby Sanabria interviews Chucho Valdes
Pianist, composer and bandleader Chucho Valdés celebrates his 81st birthday on October 9 (a birthday he shares with his father Bebo Valdés), but he is not resting on his laurels. For the last month or so Valdés has been presenting his large scale work—La Creación(The Creation)—a three-movement suite for small ensemble, voices and big band that tells the history of creation according to the Santeria tradition.