The new school for jazz and contemporary music
presents bobby sanabria and the new school
Afro-cuban jazz orchestra with special guest
nea jazz master candido camero
The Jazz Standard Tuesday, April 13
Sets at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
NEW YORK, March 25, 2010–The New School Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, directed by faculty member Bobby Sanabria, joined by special guest Candido Camero, will perform at the renowned New York venue the Jazz Standard at 116 East 27th Street on Tuesday, April 13, with sets at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. An eclectic program, the evening showcases jazz legends as well as some of the most gifted talent emerging on the scene today. Students at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary study and perform with the greats in an intimate conservatory setting located within a distinguished university.
Bobby Sanabria is a drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, recording artist, writer, film producer, and multiple Grammy nominee who has performed and recorded with a who’s who of jazz and Latin music. He has worked with Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Paquito D’Rivera, Ray Barretto, Charles McPherson, Larry Harlow, Chico O’Farill, and the father of Afro-Cuban jazz, Mario Bauzá. Sanabria is also an award-winning documentary producer whose films include The Palladium—Where Mambo Was King, shown on Bravo, and From Mambo to Hip Hop—A South Bronx Tale, shown on PBS. In 2005, Sanabria was voted Percussionist of the Year by the readers of DRUM! In 2006, he was inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame and had a street named after him.
Candido Camero, famed conga and bongo player, was honored with the 2008 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award. Early in his career, he recorded in his native Cuba with Machito. After moving to New York in 1952, he recorded and performed with seemingly everyone in the jazz field, including luminaries Tony Bennett, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Slide Hampton, Charles Mingus, Wes Montgomery, Gerry Mulligan, Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, and Clark Terry. Among his many awards are the Latin Jazz USA Lifetime Achievement Award and a special achievement award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers as a Legend of Jazz. The subject of the 2006 documentary, Candido: Hands of Fire, Camero, who is now in his 80s, continues to wow crowds around the world with his talent and charm.
The Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra features Darren Denman, piano; Max Johnson, bass; Gabriel Katz, drums; Wylie Wynshaw, guitar; Peter Urgin, electric violin; Joseph Pramik-Holdaway, timbales; Alex Kirkpatrick, bongos; Adam Nash, congas; Casey Francis, Matt Berman, alto saxophones; Dean Buck, Pablo Moser, tenor saxophones; Elad Gilbert, baritone saxophone; Cameron Johnson, Nash Guillermo, Donald Devienne, Ari Karason, Michael Bafundo, trumpets, Jason Disu, Joe Beaty, Victor Sawyer, Colby Norton, trombones.
Admission for this event is $20; New School Students, faculty, and staff are $15 with school ID; no drink or food minimum. For more information about this event and others, please visit www.newschool.edu/jazz/events.
New School Jazz at the Jazz Standard
Tuesday, April 13, at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.
$20; $15 to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID; no drink or food minimum.
The Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, New York, NY.
Box Office Information: please call 212.576.2232.
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music is the musical manifestation of The New School and its legacy. Steeped in progressive tradition while moving forward into new frontiers of sound and experimentation, New School Jazz is a rarity among conservatory music schools. With instructors who are active, professional musicians and the backing of a major university, the school provides its students with the leeway and encouragement to break through artistic barriers, the counsel of veterans in maneuvering through the terrain of the music world, and a solid academic foundation to sustain and enrich their efforts and evolution. For more information, visit http://www.jazz.newschool.edu.
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