Bobby Sanabria
| Bobby Sanabria | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 2, 1957 South Bronx, New York City, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums, percussion |
| Website | www |
Bobby Sanabria is a Grammy-nominated American drummer, percussionist of Puerto Rican descent who specializes in Latin jazz.
Sanabria was born at St. Francis Hospital in the South Bronx, where he grew up. He is of Puerto Rican ancestry: his father, José, comes from the barrio of Ensenada in Guanica, Puerto Rico, while his mother, Juanita, comes from the barrio of Jacanas, in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico.
He attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston from 1975 to 1979, where he received the Faculty Association Award for his excellence as a student, graduating in 1979. He received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1983 and was a featured performer on the Mambo Kings film soundtrack. He also appeared on The Bill Cosby Show with the Mario Bauzá Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra.
Sanabria has performed over the years in many New York City public schools as well as all over the world teaching, lecturing on the art of Latin jazz. He has written articles for Modern Drummer magazine, DRUM!, Traps, Highlights In Percussion, and has written liner notes for over 50 CD's. He has composed music for the documentary films From Mambo To Hip Hop - A South Bronx Tale (2007) and Some Girls (2016) He currently teaches Afro-Cuban Jazz orchestras at the Manhattan School of Music and The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. With the MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra he has recorded two Grammy nominated CD's - Kenya Revisited Live!!! (2009) and Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!! (2011) He leads Quarteto Aché, Ascensión, Sexteto Ibiano, and the multi-Grammy nominated Multiverse Big Band producing Afro-Cuban Dream - Live & In Clave!!! (2000) - Grammy nominated, Big Band Urban Folktales (2007) - Grammy nominated, and the double Grammy nominated, Multiverse (2012)
He has performed and/or recorded with the Father of Afro-Cuban Jazz Mario Bauzá, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaría, Chico Freeman, Paquito D'Rivera, Candido, Ray Barretto, Chico O'Farrill, Francisco Aguabella, Henry Threadgill, Luis "Perico" Ortiz, Daniel Ponce, Patato, The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, The WDR Big Band, Michael Gibbs, Charles McPherson, Phil Wilson, Randy Brecker, Charles Tolliver and Marco Rizo.
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