Sugarloaf
Music is pleased to present on
Friday, June 2nd
at 8 pm and on
Saturday, June 3rd at 8 pm.
featuring
http://www.rayvegamusic.com/
Friday, 8 pm June 2nd
At The Pavilion at the Lycian Center
&
Special Guest: Chris Barretto
http://www.bobbysanabria.com/
1351 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf,
NY
http://www.lyciancentre.com/
Admission: $20 advance ticket, $25 at the door, $30 for Both Concerts
For Reservations: 845-986-6463
Ray Barretto, who was a long-time resident of Warwick, NY, who passed at
the age of 76 this past February, was one of the pioneers of both the Latin jazz
and salsa movements. As a master percussionist he can be heard on over 50 albums
in a career spanning more that 40 years. He¹s recorded and performed with all
the greats of latin and jazz music¹s including Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, The
Fania All-Stars, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Red Garland and Cannonball
Adderley to name a few. In 1961 he had a hit record with "El Watusi" and
received a Grammy in 1990 for his collaboration with the singer Celia Cruz. Just
before he passed Barretto was honored as one of the National Endowment for the
Arts Masters of 2006 at the Jazz Educators Conference in New York City. This
award is considered to be the nation¹s highest jazz honor. Also know as ³Hard
Hands² Barretto will be remembered for is powerful conga playing that could
bring crowds to their feet screaming for more. His musical legacy lives on
through his many studio and live recordings and also through his son, Chris
Barretto, who plays the alto saxophone, and will be featured at the Saturday
night tribute along with the drummer Bobby Sanabria. Ray¹s final recording,
"Standards Rican-ditioned", will be released this August on the ZOHO Label and
will also feature the debut of Chris Barretto.
RAY VEGA is a veteran of the bands of Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Mongo
Santamaria, Mario Bauza, Luis "Perico" Ortiz, Hector LaVoe, Johnny Pacheco, Pete
"El Conde" Rodriguez and Louie Ramirez to name a few. Ray has now established
himself as one of the innovators of the New York Jazz trumpet scene. A
multi-talented trumpeter, percussionist, composer, and arranger, he presents
Jazz from a refreshingly original and contemporary perspective. His two
recordings on the Concord Picante label, his self-titled debut "Ray Vega", and "Boperation",
along with his 1st release on the Palmetto label "Pa'lante" have been well
received by critics, audiences and musicians alike. Vega's 2nd Palmetto CD
"Squeeze, Squeeze" was released in Feb.2004 and has also received critical
acclaim including Four Stars in Down Beat Magazine.
Vega grew up immersed in the heart of two vibrant New York City music scenes:
Jazz and Salsa. In addition to learning about these two musical styles with some
of the great legends, he received his formal training studying trumpet with
Sydney Baker, Henry Nowak, Mike Lawrence, Stan Shafran, Laurie Frink, Richard
Brezowski and Jerry Gonzalez. He studied Jazz harmony and improvisation with
Susan Winder, Bobby Rogovin and Lonnie Hillyer and Afro-Caribbean percussion
with Luis Bauzo. Ray Vega is a graduate of the legendary High School of Music
and Art.
A much in-demand musician, he has performed with Mongo Santamaria with whom he
recorded three CD's, Mario Bauza's Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra, including their
first-ever European tour, and Ray Barretto and the New World Spirit. Vega was
privileged to record three projects with this landmark group including the
Grammy nominated "Taboo" and "Contact". It was during his time with Barretto
that Vega was called upon to join the Tito Puente Latin Jazz Orchestra as lead
trumpeter. Vega recorded with Puente's Orchestra many times over including the
Grammy winning "Mambo Birdland", "Dancemania '99" and "Obra Maestra". Vega is
the last lead trumpeter of this legendary ensemble. Renowned Bassist and Jazz
Educator Todd Coolman says- "(Ray Vega's) creating a very, very valuable bridge
from the classroom to the bandstand........That's the magic that Ray brings. He
transcends academia and makes it real"
Bobby Sanabria - drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, recording
artist, producer and educator -has performed with a veritable Who's Who in the
world of jazz and Latin music, as well as with his own critically acclaimed
ensemble, Ascensión. His diverse recording and performing experience includes
work with such legendary figures as Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Paquito
D'Rivera, CharlesMcPherson, Mongo Santamaría, Ray Barretto, Chico O'Farrill,
Candido, Francisco Aguabella, Henry Threadgill, and the Godfather of Afro-Cuban
Jazz, Mario Bauzá.
In 1993 Mr. Sanabria and Ascensión released NYC Aché! on Flying Fish Records
(now available on Rounder Records). It received worldwide acclaim and garnered
four and half stars in Down Beat magazine, as well as receiving a nomination for
Best Record of the Year by the National Association of Independent Record
Distributors (NAIRD). In June 2000 Bobby released Afro-Cuban Dream... Live & In
Clave!!! on the Arabesque label. Recorded live at Birdland in New York City, it
features Bobby powering a big band of twenty all-stars. Critically acclaimed
worldwide, it has been hailed by both the jazz and Latin music cognoscenti as a
masterpiece, and was nominated for a mainstream Grammy as the Best Latin Jazz
Album of 2001. Afro-Cuban Dream...Live & In Clave! was also nominated for the
Jazz Journalists Association 2001 Award for the Best Afro-Cuban Jazz Album of
the Year. His latest recording, ¡Quarteto Aché!, on the ZOHO label, documents
Bobby's virtuosity in a small group setting and was hailed a "classic" by Modern
Drummer magazine and critically acclaimed by the New York Times. It was also
nominated for Best Latin Jazz recording of 2003 by the Jazz Journalists
Association.
Mr. Sanabria has been the recipient of many awards, including an NEA grant as a
jazz performer, various Meet the Composer awards, and the INTAR Off-Broadway
Composer award. Most recently he has received the Mid-Atlantic Foundation Arts
Connect Grant for three successive years. In 2003 he was presented with an
"Outstanding Achievement Award" by Ivan Acosta, head of Latin Jazz USA, in
recognition of Bobby's extraordinary creative contribution to Latin jazz. He
also received a second Grammy nomination in 2003 for, 50 Years of Mambo - A
Tribute to Damaso Perez Prado. Mr. Sanabria co-produced the nationally
broadcast documentary, THE PALLADIUM - Where Mambo Was King, for the BRAVO
network which received the Best Documentary award for cable networks in 2003.
For More Info Visit:
http://www.sugarloafmusic.org/
Herencia Latina