MARCUS GARVEY PARK ALLIANCE / JAZZMOBILE - SUMMERFEST 55 - LATIN JAZZ FESTIVAL Multi-Grammy nominated BOBBY SANABRIA MULTIVERSE BIG BAND
Friday, September 14th 7:00pm - 8:30pm
RICHARD RODGERS AMPHITHEATER IN MARCUS GARVEY PARK, ENTER AT
FIFTH AVENUE & WEST 124th Street
Led by 7X Grammy nominee as a leader - drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, educator, activist Bobby Sanabria's 21 piece Multiverse Big Band is a musical juggernaut that easily straddles multiple worlds from complex concert repertoire to hardcore dance music. All of their CD's have been Grammy nominated and their new double CD release, WEST SIDE STORY REIMAGINED, a total Latin jazz reworking of Maestro Leonard Bernstein's iconic score, is proving to be their greatest work being hailed by the critics as a masterpiece. Partial proceeds from its sale go to the Jazz Foundation of America's Puerto Rican Hurricane Relief Fund for musicians. This upcoming concert at Harlem's Marcus Garvey Park will feature excerpts from West Side Story Reimagined as well as new works covering everything from salsa, samba, bomba, bossa, funk, Latin boogaloo and more fused with jazz and the majesty of the big band for an explosive end of summer dance party.
BOBBY SANABRIA MULTIVERSE BIG BAND
RHYTHM:
Bobby Sanabria - drums, musical director, vocals
Oreste Abrantes - congas
Matthew Gonzalez - bongó/cencerro, vocals
Takao Heisho - percussion
Darwin Noguera - piano
Leo Traversa - bass
TRUMPETS:
Kevin Bryan
Shareef Clayton
Max Darché
Andrew Neesley
SAXOPHONES:
David Dejesus - alto, soprano, flute
Andrew Gould - alto, flute
Peter Brainin - tenor, flute
Jeff Lederer - tenor, clarinet, flute
Danny Rivera - bari
TROMBONES:
Dave Miller
Tim Session
Armando Vergara
Chris Washburne
FLUTE, PICCOLO:
Gabrielle Garo
ELECTRIC VIOLIN:
Ben Sutin
"There’s every reason to hope that Steven Spielberg’s remake of “West Side Story” will improve upon the 1961 film, but I doubt if we’ll ever hear a more thrilling interpretation of that immortal score than that of the Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band."
Will Friedwald - Wall Street Journal
"Congrats on the album of the year!."
Marc Myers - Jazz Wax
"It’s the most ambitious reimagining of the music I have ever heard!”
Jamie Bernstein
"You have never heard such an ambitious, complex, and satisfying remake of that classic. Sanabria, an amazing drummer, draws deep from his Puerto Rican heritage to give this Leonard Bernstein masterpiece a roots-authentic update that’s heavy on Latin jazz influences and full of peppy, energetic rhythms."
Tom Henry - Toledo Blade
"Among other things, it’s a master class in Latin rhythms. Just get it."
Ken McCarthy - Jazz on the Tube
"If you're a fan of either Latin jazz or West Side Story, this album is a feast of those flavors."
Marc Phillips - thevinylanarchist.com/blogspot
"The infusion of Latin rhythms that Mr. Sanabria uses is a big part of what makes this album so stunning."
Dick Metcalf - Contemporary Fusion Reviews
"It’s a love letter to Bernstein as well as a reclamation, tracing his evocation back to the source."
Nate Chinen - WBGO
"A triumphant, Latin-flavored reimagining of Leonard Bernstein’s masterwork West Side Story."
Bill Milkowski - Downbeat
"A captivating and fulfilling recording that more than reimagines this enduring masterpiece."
Pierre Giroux - Audiophile Audition
"West Side Story Reimagined is Bobby’s retelling of the story in his way, seen through the eyes of love and gratitude and, often, uncertainty.
As Bobby says, this is “a reimagining from the perspective of a Jazz musician, a Latin musician, and a native Nuyorican son who is proud to say he is from the city that defines aché, hipness, and cool.” Aché is Energy.
In my review of Bobby’s album, Multiverse, I said that “Bobby is a prophet of life.” That was never truer than with West Side Story Reimagined."
Travis Rogers, Jr. is The Jazz Owl
Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band
“West Side Story Reimagined”
(Jazzheads JH1231)
Street Date: 07/20/2018
West Side Story Reimagined is now LIVE on
