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Sabu Is 4 Different Artists A Singer-Songwriter From Mumbai India An 80's American AOR Band A More Recent American Grind-Core Metal Band And The Earliest & Most Prominent Was 1960's & 70's Percussionist Louis “Sabu” Martinez. Louis “Sabu” Martinez Was One Of The Most Prolific Conga Players In The History Of Afro-Cuban Music. In Addition To His Own Albums Martinez Recorded With Such Influential Jazz Musicians As Dizzy Gillespie Horace Silver Buddy DeFranco J.J. Johnson Louis Bellson Art Farmer And Art Blakey And Jazz Vocalists Including Tony Bennett And Sammy Davis Jr. Emigrating To Sweden In 1967 He Continued To Apply His Highly Melodic Rhythms To A Lengthy List Of Recordings By Top-Notch Swedish Performers. A Native Of New York’s Spanish Harlem Martinez Spent His Childhood Beating Rhythms On Tin Cans On 111th Street. By The Age Of 11 He Was Performing Every Third Night On 125th Street For 25 Cents A Night. He Was Still In His Early Teens When He Began Playing With Latin Bands Including Those Led By Marcelino Guerra And Catalino Rolón. In 1944 He Spent An Extended Period Living In Puerto Rico. After Serving A Year In The Military At The Age Of 17 Martinez Resumed His Musical Career As A Member Of Mambo Originator Joe Loco’s Trio. Within A Few Months His Playing Attracted The Attention Of Jazz Musicians. In 1946 He Began A Long Association With Drummer Art Blakey. Martinez And Blakey Continued To Periodically Work Together Until 1959. In Addition To Leading The Rhythm Section On Blakey’s Groundbreaking Album Orgy In Rhythm In 1954 He Was Featured On The Jazz Messengers Albums Cu-Bop And Messages In 1957. Martinez Continued To Be A Much-In-Demand Session Player. In Addition To Playing Traditional Latin Music With The Lecuono Cuban Boys He Collaborated With Charlie Parker And Max Roach During A 13-Week Stint At The New York Club The Three Deuces. In April 1949 He Performed With Swing Clarinetist Benny Goodman. The High Point Of Martinez’s Career Came In 1948 When He Joined Dizzy Gillespie’s Band Following The Murder Of Influential Conga Player Chano Pozo. During The Nine Months That He Performed With The Group He Played On Five Albums Dizzy Dizzier And Dizzier 16 Rare Performances When Be-Bop Met The Big Band And Diz. In Return Gillespie Nicknamed Martinez “Sabu” When He Noticed A Resemblance To Popular Indian Actor Sabu The “Elephant Boy.” Despite His Fame Martinez Struggled With Heroin Addiction. In The Mid-’50s He Briefly Left Music To Run A Strip Joint In Baltimore. Although He Overcame His Addiction In 1956 It Took Several Years For Him To Become “psychologically Free” From The Grasp Of The Drug. Forming His Own Quintet Martinez Recorded Three Memorable Albums The Afro-Cuban Masterpiece Palo Congo In 1957 And Two Safari And Sorcery In 1958 That Have Been Described As “the Wildest Exotica Records Ever.” In 1960 Martinez Collaborated With Louie Ramirez To Record The History-Making Latin Jazz Album Jazz Espagnole. Four Years Later He Relocated Temporarily To Puerto Rico Where He Performed With Several Bands Including The Johnny Conquet Orchestra And Met His Future Wife Agneta. In 1967 They Were Married And Moved To Agneta’s Homeland In Sweden. Martinez Remained There For The Rest Of His Life. Shortly After Moving To Sweden Martinez Took A Gig With Lill Lindfor’s Musical Revue. This Began A Long Involvement With Swedish Musicians. In Addition To Sharing His Knowledge Of Music And The Conga As A Teacher He Performed And Recorded With Such Artists As Cornelius Vreeswick Merit Hemmingson Radiojazzgruppen Björbobandet The Eero Koisvistoinen Music Society The Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination And Brass Gugge Hedrenius’ Big Band And Ivan Oscarsson. While In Sweden He Occasionally Collaborated With American Musicians Including Kenny Clarke Art Farmer And George Russell. In 1973 He Formed His Own Band New Burnt Sugar And Released A Book Of Conga Exercises. His Final Recording Sessions Came While Working On Debbie Cameron And Richard Boone’s Album Brief Encounter In 1978. Martinez Died On January 13 1979 Of A Gastric Ulcer.
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Sabu Was An American AOR/melodic Rock Band From The Mid-80s Fronted By Paul Sabu Ex-Kidd Glove . They Are Most Well Known For Their Album 'Heartbreak'. See Also Paul Sabu.
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The Current Line-Up Of The Current American Grind-Core Band Is As Follow Trevor F Bass Col Drums Trevor J Guitar Chris Vocals. Besides Releasing A Few Demo In 2007 The Band Took Part In A 3-Way Split With An Another American Band Called People Hate And A Polish One Firing Squad.
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Sabu Or Andrew Sabu Is A Singer-Songwriter And A Creative Producer From Mumbai India.
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