# Event Details - **Event Name**: Percussionist Bobby Sanabria and his Quinteto Aché - **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 03 May, 2026 at 05:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join us as we welcome back multi-Grammy nominated percussionist Booby Sanabria! He will be performing with his Quinteto Aché, celebrating Afro-Latin Jazz! MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST: A graduate of the Berklee College of Music - drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, documentary film producer, activist, radio host, writer, and multi-Grammy nominated as a leader, Bobby Sanabria is a native Nuyorican son of the South Bronx. His versatility as both a drummer and percussionist from small group to big band has become legendary. He's performed and recorded with every major figure in the history of Latin jazz, jazz, and salsa, with such legends as Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Eddie Palmieri, Paquito D'Rivera, Candido, Charles McPherson, Larry Harlow, Ruben Blades, Celia Cruz, and the Father of Afro-Cuban jazz, Mario Bauzá where he was his drummer for 9 years touring and recording on his major Grammy nominated albums. He is the leader of Quarteto Aché, Sexteto Ibiano, Ascensión, and his Multiverse Big Band. His big band albums have all been nominated for Grammys for a total of nine, including Afro-Cuban Dream: Live & In Clave!!! recorded live at Birdland, NYC (2000), Big Band Urban Folktales (2007), Multiverse (double Grammy nominated 2012), and West Side Story Reimagined, a two CD set recorded live at Dizzy's, NYC which was awarded the Jazz Journalists Record of the Year Award (2019) and hailed as a masterpiece by the Wall Street Journal, as well as Kenya Revisited Live!!! (2009) and Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!! (2011), with Bobby conducting the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra. DRUM! Magazine named him Percussionist of the Year (2005); he was named Percussionist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association in 2011 and 2013. He has been named one of the top ten percussionists in the world by the readers and critics of Downbeat magazine for the last 12 years and is a member of Max Roach's legendary percussion ensemble M'BOOM now currently led by Joe Chambers. Mr. Sanabria has composed the music for several award winning, critically acclaimed documentaries - From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale (2006) where he was also a producer, consultant and on air personality, Some Girls (2017), and La Madrina: The Savage Life of Lorine Padilla (2020). Other documentaries he has been featured in on screen and acted on as a consultant, producer on are, The Palladium: Where Mambo Was King (2003), Latin Music U.S.A. (2006), We Like It Like That: The Story of Latin Boogaloo (2015), and Let's Get The Rhythm 2016). In 2012 Maestro Sanabria was selected by legendary jazz pianist Herbie Hancock to represent Latin jazz with his Quarteto Ache' as part of the first Annual UNESCO International Day of Jazz at the United Nations. Among his numerous awards, is induction into the 2006 Bronx Walk of Fame, the 2018 Jazz Education Network's LeJENS of Latin Jazz Award and being honored by his name being read into the U.S. Congressional Record by Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio in 2008. In 2019 he was named Godfather/Padrino of the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City. He was recently bestowed an Honorary Doctorate by Lehman College in New York. He has been formerly on the faculty of his alma mater the Berklee College of Music, NYU, The Manhattan School of Music (20 years) and has been on the faculty of The New School University (his 30th year). He is the Co-Artistic Director of the Bronx Music Heritage Center/Bronx Music Hall, and is the host of the Latin Jazz Cruise on WBGO FM, the World's leading jazz station. His lifetime dedication to spreading the history, culture, of jazz and Latin jazz to the general public as a performer, composer, arranger and bandleader, as well as educating a new generation of players, composers, arrangers, has no parallel. His latest critically acclaimed double CD with his Multiverse Big Band, VOX HUMANA, recorded live at Dizzy's, NYC, features vocalists Janis Siegel, Antoinette Montague and Jennifer Jade Ledesna and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz recording (2024). His current CD project (released 2026) recorded live at the Bronx Music Hall with his Multiverse Big Band, ARSENIO AND BEYOND, honors the most important musician in the history of Cuban based dance music and the true Father of Mambo, Arsenio Rodriguez. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/newburgh/percussionist-bobby-sanabria-and-his-quinteto-aché/200029983691700 - **Event Categories**: Entertainment, Music, Art, performances, dance, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Newburgh - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: 120 South St, Newburgh, NY, United States, New York 12550 - **lat**: 41.50707 - **long**: -74.0095 - **full address**: 120 South St, Newburgh, NY, United States, New York 12550 ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Percussionist Bobby Sanabria and his Quinteto Aché - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/b11298585ca05a3161f66afc6e12c63370ab498a477713a395a7a43e8e4864b6-rimg-w1200-h720-dcf2e7e1-gmir?v=1777077059 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Percussionist Bobby Sanabria and his Quinteto Aché being held? - **A:** Percussionist Bobby Sanabria and his Quinteto Aché takes place on Sun, 03 May, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Sun, 03 May, 2026 at 05:00 pm at 120 South St, Newburgh, NY, United States, New York 12550. - **Q**: Who is organizing Percussionist Bobby Sanabria and his Quinteto Aché? - **A:** Percussionist Bobby Sanabria and his Quinteto Aché is organized by Calvary Presbyterian Church, Newburgh, New York. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Percussionist Bobby Sanabria and his Quinteto Aché is ideal for music lovers, fans of all genres, and anyone who wants to celebrate the power of music - from intimate gigs and live sessions to festivals and cultural performances. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Newburgh, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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