Bobby Sanabria & Quarteto Aché At Nightown July 10th

THE ROBERTO OCASIO FOUNDATION AND JIM WADSWORTH PRODUCTIONS PRESENT "BOBBY SANABRIA & QUARTETO ACHÉ" AT NIGHTOWN JULY 10TH

Cleveland, Ohio - The Roberto Ocasio Foundation today announced that the Foundation and Jim Wadsworth Productions will present New York Latin-jazz artist, "Bobby Sanabria & Quarteto Aché," for a special one-night-only performance at Nighttown jazz-supper club on Thursday, July 10, 7:30pm (12387 Cedar Rd., Cleveland Hts.).  Show admission is $20 per person; reservations are suggested through Nighttown, 216.795.0550, or first-come first-serve at the door.

Bobby Sanabria brings with him a rich history as drummer for eight years with the Godfather of Latin Jazz, Mario Bauzá, and his Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra as well as performing and recording with Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Dizzy Gillespie, Chico O'Farrill, Candido and other legends of the genre. A leader in the Afro-Cuban and jazz fields as a performer, composer, arranger, producer, bandleader, and multi-Grammy-nominated recording artist, Bobby has been impressing New York and international jazz audiences since the early 80's. His 20-piece-band CD, "Big Band Urban Folktales, " received the 2008 Jazz Journalists' Association Award and a mainstream-Grammy nomination for Best Latin Jazz Album of the Year.

Aché is the Yoruba-based word for power and positive energy. Indeed Sanabria and his critically acclaimed quartet exemplify that and more, showcasing a world view of the jazz continuum. "…this band rockets between bop, straight-up and charging, to the languorous bolero, to Cuban timba, to rhythms from Puerto Rico, Brazil and the Caribbean," wrote Ben Ratliff of the New York Times. "…Sanabria is not just a drummer but a historian, indeed one of the few authorities in the history of the crossover between jazz and Latin forms…"(www.bobbysanabria.com)

The Roberto Ocasio Foundation is bringing the Sanabria ensemble to Cleveland as part of its annual signature program, the July 8-11 Roberto Ocasio Latin Jazz Music Camp for instrumental, percussion, and vocal students, grades 7-12, at Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music. This year's curriculum includes a field-trip to Nighttown, with special support from owner, Brendan Ring, as part of Camp students' study of American and international jazz clubs of the past and current jazz and Latin-jazz scene. Bobby Sanabria will be the Camp's Artist-In-Residence for the third year, and his Quarteto Aché musicians will be included in the
Camp roster of instructors. He will also hold a full-day master class on July 9 for college-level and adult amateur and professional musicians, all instruments. Bobby additionally serves as Honorary Trustee on the Roberto Ocasio Foundation's Board

The RO Foundation, established in 2004 in memory of Roberto Ocasio, serves northeast Ohio young people in schools and colleges as well as non-school organizations and the general community through a year-round roster of programs which feature cross-cultural musical productions and music-education outreach projects. For more information about these programs and enrollment in the July music camp and master class, please call 440.572.2048.

Bobby Sanabria & Quarteto Aché
Bobby Sanabria, music director, drums, vocals
Peter Brainin, tenor and soprano saxophone, flute, percussion
Enrique Haneine, piano, vocals
Alex Hernandez, acoustic and electric bass

Bobby Sanabria has performed with a veritable Who's Who in the world of jazz and Latin music, as well as with his own critically acclaimed ensembles. His diverse recording and performing experience includes work with such legendary figures as Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Paquito D'Rivera, Charles McPherson, Mongo Santamaria, Chico O'Farrill, Candido, Henry Threadgill, and the Godfather of Afro-Cuban Jazz, Mario Bauzá. Featured on numerous Grammy-nominated albums, including The Mambo Kings soundtrack, Bobby's own big-band CDs, "Big Band Urban Folktales" and "Afro-Cuban Dream," were nominated for main-stream Grammys as "Best Latin Jazz Album" of 2001 and 2007. He was honored as "2005 Percussionist of the Year" by readers of DRUM! Magazine and has received recognition for his work in radio and television, including award-winning documentaries for PBS, BRAVO, and The Smithsonian. He was honored in 2006 with a permanent NYC street dedicated to him on the renowned Bronx Walk of Fame in recognition of his music and educational contributions that have made a difference throughout the world. Bobby is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and was a recipient of its prestigious Faculty Association Award. A leader in the Afro-Cuban and jazz fields as both drummer and percussionist, he is considered one of the world's foremost performers, educators and articulate scholars of la tradición. He is a professor at the famed Manhattan School of Music and The New School University in the jazz and contemporary music program. Mr. Sanabria proudly endorses Tama drums, Sabian cymbals, Remo drum heads, Vic Firth sticks and mallets, and LP (Latin Percussion). (www.bobbysanabria.com)