SABU MARTINEZ (1930 - 1979)

... WAS AN AMERICAN CONGUERO, PERCUSSIONIST 

AND PROMINENT PLAYER IN THE CUBOP MOVEMENT. 

MARTINEZ APPEARED ON MANY IMPORTANT RECORDINGS AND LIVE PERFORMANCES DURING 

THAT PERIOD...

• 1948 he replaced Chano Pozo in Dizzy Gillespie's orchestra
• 1949 he began performing with Benny Goodmann's Bebop Orchestra
• 1953 he recorded with Art Blakey
• 1957 he became a bandleader and recorded his debut album Palo Congo
• 1967 he moved to Sweden and recorded with Francy Boland-Kenny Clarke big band

AS CONTRIBUTOR ...

 

                                                                         
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