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Grammy Nominated Big Band led by @thebobbysanabria #26years
"Step into the MULTIVERSE!"
*ARSENIO & BEYOND!* = ✨️Out Now!

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“It was her idea.”

Bobby Sanabria gives his wife, Elena Martinez, her flowers. The idea behind Arsenio and Beyond, recorded live at the Bronx Music Hall, began with her.

Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band
Arsenio and Beyond: Live at the Bronx Music Hall

For your consideration, 69th Annual GRAMMY Awards. First Round Voting:
• Best Latin Jazz Album
• Best Album Cover
• Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: La Fruta
• Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: Tumba y Bongo
• Best Instrumental Composition: La Fruta
• Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Listen to the album.

#jazz #BobbySanabria #ArsenioAndBeyond #BronxMusicHall #FYC

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Who really invented the mambo?

Bobby Sanabria tells the story of Arsenio Rodríguez and Pérez Prado. The history is in the music.

FOR YOUR GRAMMY CONSIDERATION
69th Annual GRAMMY Awards • First Round Voting

Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band
Arsenio and Beyond: Live at the Bronx Music Hall

• Best Latin Jazz Album
• Best Album Cover
• Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: “La Fruta”
• Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: “Tumba y Bongo”
• Best Instrumental Composition: “La Fruta”
• Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Listen to Arsenio and Beyond and step into Bobby’s multiverse.

#BobbySanabria #ArsenioRodriguez #jazz #FYC #BronxMusic

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I play this album for my daughter.

@thebobbysanabria on Arsenio Rodríguez, the African heritage in the music, and why we don’t just remember the past. We honor it.

FOR YOUR GRAMMY CONSIDERATION
69th Annual GRAMMY Awards • First Round Voting
Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band
Arsenio and Beyond: Live at the Bronx Music Hall

• Best Latin Jazz Album
• Best Album Cover
• Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella: “La Fruta”
• Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals: “Tumba y Bongo”
• Best Instrumental Composition: “La Fruta”
• Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Listen to the album. Honor the people who made this music possible.

#BobbySanabria #ArsenioRodriguez #jazz #FYC #BronxMusic

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Bandleader, drummer, educator, radio host and Latin jazz powerhouse @thebobbysanabria brings the revolutionary music of Arsenio Rodríguez into the spotlight with ARSENIO AND BEYOND Live at the BRONX MUSIC HALL

Arsenio Rodríguez, the legendary Cuban tres player and composer, transformed Afro-Cuban music by expanding the son conjunto with additional percussion, piano, and horns, helping lay the groundwork for modern salsa. His influence continues to resonate across generations.

As Sanabria tell us: “The true Father of Mambo and Son Montuno — without Arsenio Rodriguez there is no Salsa, Afro-Cuban jazz, and many would even argue, rock and funk. Although his music is timeless, I’ve always envisioned it being interpreted in a big band setting with modern, progressive jazz oriented arrangements. That vision has now finally become a reality which was done in front of a live audience with my incredible Multiverse Big Band in the mighty South Bronx where Arsenio once lived, in the new Bronx Music Hall where I am the co-Artistic Director with Elena Martinez right near where I grew up makes it even more special. ¡Qué viva Arsenio!”

With Arsenio and Beyond, Sanabria celebrates that legacy while bringing his own rhythmic fire, arranging brilliance and deep understanding of Afro-Cuban jazz to the music. This is more than a tribute — it’s a vibrant connection between the roots of Latin music and the sounds still evolving today.

Listen and learn more: 🔗 in bio

Eligible GRAMMY® categories:

BEST LATIN JAZZ ALBUM: ARSENIO AND BEYOND

BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTAL OR A CAPELLA: “La Fruta”

BEST ENGINEERED ALBUM, NON-CLASSICAL: ARSENIO AND BEYOND

PACKAGE, NOTES & HISTORICAL BEST ALBUM COVER: ARSENIO AND BEYOND

BEST ARRANGEMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND VOCALS: “Tumba y Bongo”

BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION: “La Fruta”

#bobbysanabria #latinjazz #grammys #fyc #salsa

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Sept 15th at Django jazz club NYC! # #brazilianjazz gabrielaanders #smoothjazz #latinjazzsinger #jazzsingers

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@thebobbysanabria & Sexteto Ibiano Live at the Edward Hopper House Museum.

An unforgettable evening of music, light, and art in a truly iconic space.

Special thanks to the Edward Hopper House Museum and @quinnrichard007

#EdwardHopper #BobbySanabria #Tableaux #LiveJazz #Nyack

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Last Sunday’s performing with Bobby Sanabria and the Multiverse big band at Snug Harbor, Staten Island.

#multiversebigband

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We danced the night away in Snug Harbor with Latin music legends @thebobbysanabria @multiversebigband , @charlieapontepr , @judysantosofficial and DJ sets by DJ Lucy Euclid and @dj_medinanyc, all in partnership with @snugharborccbg , @jazzmobileny , @utasiny and @mw_cmkamillahmhanks 💃

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🪘 HIPNESS ALERT!!!

For those of you who are voting members of the Latin Recording Academy we are in the first round of the Latin Grammy®.

We hope you consider ARSENIO AND BEYOND: LIVE AT THE BRONX MUSIC HALL.

It is our heartfelt tribute to the most transformative musician in the history of Latin music, ARSENIO RODRIGUEZ, the true father of the mambo and son montuno, the defining rhythms of salsa and Afro-Cuban/Latin jazz.

Featuring my incredible Multiverse Big Band recorded live no jive right in the neighborhood where Arsenio once lived you can hear excerpts, view photos, read the detailed liner notes, & learn about my great musicians on this incredible project by going to bobbysanabria.com.

¡Gracias!

⭐️ @thebobbysanabria @multiversebigband @jazzheadsinc ⭐️

#bobbysanabriamultiversebigband #fyc #latingrammy 🪘

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NYC ✨ SUNDAY ✨ DOMINGO ✨ It’s on! 🇵🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇺🇸

Join us for an unforgettable fest @snugharborccbg ! 🪩

Maestro @thebobbysanabria 🪘 & his @multiversebigband are ON!
🌎 FREE & Super Fly, see y’all there! 🌍 #nyc

💛Come say “Bonjour!” to @jennjademusic before she leaves for Europe! 🇪🇺✈️

#statenisland #bobbysanabria #charlieaponte #jennjademusic 🎙️

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Get ready for a salsa-filled Sunday at @capitalone @cpfnyc #SummerStage! We’re closing out our weekend on Staten Island with a FREE show with @thebobbysanabria’s @multiversebigband, @charlieapontepr, @judysantosofficial, and DJ sets by DJ Connie & DJ Medina.

Dance the night away in Snug Harbor’s south meadow at this show in partnership with @snugharborccbg, @jazzmobileny, and @utasiny, and supported by Council Member @mw_cmkamillahmhanks starting at 5PM!

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Bobby Sanabria Brings Arsenio Rodríguez’s Legacy to Life on “Arsenio and Beyond”

Bobby Sanabria and the Multiverse Big Band turn history into a living, breathing celebration on Arsenio and Beyond, a powerful live recording dedicated to Cuban music visionary Arsenio Rodríguez. Recorded at the Bronx Music Hall, the album reconnects Arsenio’s revolutionary son montuno language with the modern sound of a contemporary Latin jazz orchestra.

Featuring bold arrangements, commanding vocal performances, searing trumpet and saxophone solos, Cuban tres, electric violin, flute, percussion, and extended descarga, the album moves from son and rumba to mambo, charanga, timba, bolero, and Afro-Cuban ceremonial rhythms. Sanabria’s musicians do not simply revisit this foundational repertoire—they expand it, revealing the continuing influence of Arsenio’s music on salsa, Afro-Cuban jazz, and New York’s cultural history.

Read our full review of this essential new recording by one of Latin jazz’s most dynamic bandleaders at latinjazznet.com

@thebobbysanabria
@jazzheadsinc
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#BobbySanabria #ArsenioAndBeyond #MultiverseBigBand #ArsenioRodriguez #LatinJazz #AfroCubanJazz #SonMontuno #Mambo #Salsa #BronxMusicHall #Nuyorican #CubanMusic #BigBandJazz #JazzheadsRecords #LatinMusic #Descarga #TitoPuente #LatinJazzNetwork

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