BOBBY SANABRIA - BIG BAND URBAN FOLKTALES (2007)
Bobby Sanabria
- Arranger, Drums, Marimba, Vocals (bckgr), Choir, Chorus,
Handclapping, Producer, Vibraphone, Executive Producer, Vocal
Arrangement, Mixing, Concept, Soloist, Screams, Caja, Percussion
Arrangement, Shouts
Peter Brainin - Kazoo, Sax (Soprano), Soloist
Kevin Bryan - Trumpet, Kazoo, Lead
Justin Davis - Trumpet, Kazoo, Soloist
Joe Fiedler - Trombone, Arranger, Kazoo, Soloist,
Trombone Arrangement, Lead
Alex Hernandez - Kazoo, Vocals, Bass (Acoustic),
Soloist
Gene Jefferson - Choir, Chorus
Ricardo S. Pons - Flute, Kazoo, Sax (Baritone),
Vocals (bckgr), Choir, Chorus, Handclapping, Soloist, Prayers
Christian A. Rivera - Conga, Kazoo, Vocals
Ray Santos - Arranger
Tim Sessions - Trombone, Kazoo, Soloist
Charenée Wade - Vocals, Scat, Soloist
Chris
Washburne - Arranger, Kazoo,
Trombone (Bass), Soloist
1. 57th St. Mambo
2. Pink
3. Since I Fell For You
4. D Train
5. El Lider
6. El Ache De Sanabria En Moderacion
7. Besame Mucho
8. The Crab
9. O Som Do Sol
10. Blues For Booty Shakers
11. The Grand Wazoo
12. Obrigado Mestre
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review by Peter Watrous - courtesy www.descarga.com
A
few years ago I was wandering around the New School and heard this
amazing Afro-Caribbean big band wailing away in a practice room. I
asked around, and got this response: “Oh yeah, that’s
Bobby Sanabria’s
student band. Pretty great, right?” And it was pretty great. Since
then Sanabria’s run a big band that’s been nominated for a Grammy,
and written plenty of new material. The band, including four former
students of Sanabria’s, is made up of some of the best musicians in
New York --
Chris Washburne, Michael Philip Mossman, Jeff Lederer
and more. What makes this session a classic, the sort of recording
that’ll be reissued as long as there are people to hear it, is
something almost ineffable. It’s a big band project, dripping with
New York knowledge, and it sounds neither modern, in any clichéd
sense, or historical, in any sort of out-of-it way. It just sounds
in time, perfect, a product of a place and time and personality,
i.e. Sanabria’s presence. As for the session, that ineffable thing
happens: it’s a session blessed with a rhythmic perfection, and an
excitement takes over. There are details here: tunes by Frank Zappa,
Hermeto Pascoal, Ella Johnson’s “Since I Fell for You,” “Besame
Mucho,” smart things like that, none of which make a difference if
the music isn’t happening. And it is.
Highly Recommended.
(Peter Watrous, 2007-05-29)
