Bobby Sanabria

Bobby Sanabria is an American drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, producer, educator, radio host of Puerto Rican descent who specializes in jazz and Latin jazz. An 8X Grammy nominee as a leader, he is the musical director of Quarteto Aché, Sexteto Ibiano, Ascensión, and his Multiverse Big Band. He is on the faculty of The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, NYU and for 20 years was on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. Seven of Sanabria's albums have been nominated for a Grammy Award: Afro-Cuban Dream: Live & In Clave!!!, 50 Years of Mambo - A Tribute To Damaso Prado, Big Band Urban Folktales Kenya Revisited Live!!!, Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!!, Multiverse - nominated for two Grammys, West Side Story Reimagined which was also named Record of The Year by the Jazz Journalist's Association.