They brought the audience to their feet last year—there wasn’t a non-dancing foot in the Mansion or on the grounds—and they’re coming back for more! On Friday August 2, Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum and Bronx Music Heritage Center will present Latin jazz great Bobby Sanabria and his band, Quarteto Ache’ (positive energy), for its First Friday! from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
"This band rockets between bop, straight-up and charging, to the langourous bolero, to galloping Cuban timba, to rhythms from Puerto Rico and Brazil and the Caribbean...it is propulsive, slangy, and above all historically literate."- Ben Ratliff, The New York Times
A Bronx native and 7-time Grammy nominee, Sanabria is a drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, conductor, and bandleader who has performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Paquito D’Rivera, Mario Bauzá and other jazz legends. Sanabria will be joined by Peter Brainin on tenor and soprano saxophones; Enrique Haneine on piano; and Andy Ealau on acoustic bass.
In addition to enjoying the music from 6 until 8, visitors may explore the mansion, stroll the grounds and partake of light refreshments from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The free Bronx Seaside Trolley makes a continuous loop from the Bx29 bus stop at Pelham Bay Park/#6 Pelham Bay Park subway station to Bartow-Pell and to City Island. Registration requested: call 718-885-1461 or email info@bpmm.org. Cost $10 adults, $8 seniors & students, BPMM members free.
