Bobby Sanabria

Years Active: 90, 2000

Genres: Jazz, Latin, International

Styles: World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Bop, Cuban Jazz, Afro-Cuban, Salsa, Latin America, Latin America, Tropical, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Plena, Latin Jazz

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Puerto Rican drummer and percussionist Bobby Sanabria has long been part of New York's vibrant Latin-jazz club scene. The multi-talented Sanabria grew up in the tough South Bronx. While attending a Tito Puente concert when he was 17, he slipped backstage and asked the legendary percussionist if he could sit in. He did, and this experience spurred him on to make Latin-jazz his career path. He attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, graduating in 1979. Shortly after graduation, Sanabria formed his group, Ascension. Sanabria was honored w...

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