Afro-Cuban Dream ... Live & In Clave!!! [Import, Live]

Bobby Sanabria | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 13, 2000)
• Original Release Date: June 13, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Live
• Label: Arabesque Recordings
• ASIN: B00004TKEL
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #132,935 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #50 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Afro-Cuban
  • #59 in Music > Indie Music > Jazz > Brazilian & Latin Jazz
  • #74 in Music > Indie Music > Jazz > International Jazz

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Long overshadowed by Jerry Gonzalez and his Fort Apache Band, percussionist and bandleader Bobby Sanabria has been one of the hardest-working Latin jazz musicians in New York. This recording, captured live at Birdland in 1999, is the long-awaited follow-up to his first CD, New York City Ache! and features his big-band riffing and grooving in the style of Machito, Dizzy Gillespie, and Tito Puente. Trumpeter Phillip Michael Mossman's bop-born burner, "Mosscode," is a swinging shout-out to Gillespie's "Shaw 'Nuff," and the standard "Angel Eyes" is recast as a ballroom bolero. Tenor and soprano saxists Jay Collins and John Stubblefield both recall Rahsaan Roland Kirk and take the Coltrane on the son montuno "Nuyorican Son" and on "Olokun/Yemanja," a 5/4 mambo in praise of African deities. Legendary conguero Candido Camero shows up as a special guest, lending his complex cross-rhythms to the fiery update of '40s Afro- Cubop staple "Manteca." With one hand in Havana and another in Harlem, Bobby Sanabria scores big here. --Eugene Holley Jr.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Afro-Cuban Jazz - Live and in Clave!, July 9, 2000

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Thomas Pena (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews

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Bobby Sanabria (master percussionist, composer, arranger, bandleader) and his Afro-Cuban Dream band take no prisoners on this fine recording. The music pays homage to its heritage but is firmly planted in the here and now. As master percussionist Manny Oquendo states, "From the Palladium to the Millenium." Short but sweet, that sums it up. "Bobby Sanabria ...live & in clave! " was recorded at the legendary Birdland in New York City on the evening of May 20, 1999. I was fortunate enough to be present for this historic recording session. Take it from me, it was a very exciting evening and the band was in top form! Thankfully, the recording remains true to the spirit of the evening. Bobby is following in the footsteps of Machito, Mario Bauza, Puente and other heavyweights in the genre with his mixture of Cuban music and bebop, aptly titled Cubop. In the liner notes, Bobby gives thanks to the Italian, Jewish, African American and especially the Puerto Rican communities of New York who have kept Afro-Cuban music alive with little or no recognition. Keep in mind, the majority of the masters of Afro-Cuban jazz passed on without ever receiving the recognition they deserved. Tito Puente was the exception to the rule. This recording runs the gamut. You will hear praises, invocations and Yoruba chants, a Beny More tune, straight ahead Jazz, son-funk, songo, timba, mambo and the Dizzy and Chano Pozo classic, Manteca. Special guest, master percussionist Candido Camero deserves special mention. He drove the audience mad with his exciting conga solos (check him out on The Conga Kings with Patato Valdes and Giovanni Hidalgo.) My hat goes off to Bobby Sanabria. He is one of the young lions of this genre who has dedicated his life to keeping Afro-Cuban jazz alive. Unfortunately, many of the masters are no longer with us. Fortunately, thanks to Bobby Sanabria we can rest easy, the music is in good hands. Incidentally, excellent liner notes by historian, John Storm Roberts. Check Bobby out on his previous release, "New York City Ache!"

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!, March 28, 2011

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Peter Greenwald "ANTHRX" (SCOTTSDALE, AZ. USA) - See all my reviews
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Where has this band been all my life. This is arguably the swingingest band today. As the leader puts it "Cuban music with a New York attitude"...It contains a great version of Donna Lee and the best Manteca, I've ever heard. Candido is on bongos. Recommended to any big band fan..

5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't Have Asked For More, November 1, 2010

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David C. Villarreal - See all my reviews
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When I order this CD, I really didn't know anything about Bobby Sanabria. The best I was hoping for was something to help me with my long drives across the country. I got the item shortly after the order was placed and wasting no time I popped it into my favorite CD player... Man!!! I could not believe what I was hearing... This CD is fantastic. I wish I was educated in the finer details of music to express what I really feel about the music but for now all I can say is - this CD is fantastic!!! The music is exactly what I need to keep me away at night. My only complaint about what I hears is that my rump is sore from squirming in my chair.