From Album: Bobby Sanabria: Big Band Urban Folktales”

Sanabria is a living link to the great Afro-Cuban jazz tradition. He’s played with just about everyone, including Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Paquito D’Rivera, Charles McPherson, Mongo Santamaria, Chico O’Farrill and Mario Bauza. He’s also a Grammy-nominated solo artist and a powerful force in bringing the Afro-Cuban tradition into the 21st century.

After graduating from the Berklee College of Music, Sanabria became the drummer and timbale player with one of his boyhood heroes, the late, great Mongo Santamaria.

In addition to leading his own successful bands, he went on perform and record with numerous world class artists, such as Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente and many, many others.

With his big band he has released an album wich blends the sounds of Afro-Cuban, samba, blues and jazz in one package full of fine orchestrations and heavy percussive beats.

The personnel is a mixture of talented youths and experienced virtuosic veterans like tenorist Peter Brainin and trombonist Chris Washburne in all comprising a twenty two-piece orchestra including those who provide only vocals.
It’s energetic, exciting, restless…