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Robby Ameen
Robby Ameen is an American drummer, composer, bandleader, and educator who resides in New York City. Although he is of Lebanese Druze origin, Ameen is best known for the unique and powerful Afro-Cuban style he has created. He is regarded as one of the world's most prominent drummers in the area of Latin Jazz. In 1985 he became a member of Ruben Blades’ Seis del Solar band. Other long-term band memberships include Dave Valentin, Conrad Herwig’s “Latin Side of… All Stars", Kip Hanrahan, and Jack Bruce and the Cuicoland Express. In 2011 Ameen won a Latin Grammy for best Salsa record with Ruben Blades and Seis del Solar, “Todos Vuelven Live, Vol. 1 and 2.” As a sideman he has recorded on other Grammy winning records including Ruben Blades and Seis del Solar's “Escenas” and Brian Lynch's “Simpatico”. Ameen was the drummer from the inception of the Paul Simon album "Songs from the Capeman", as well as having been the drummer throughout "The Capeman" show's run on Broadway in 1997-1998. In 2012, Ameen was the subject of an episode of the Emmy Award-winning Detroit Public Television series “Arab American Stories”. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robby_Ameen) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
Songs See All
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Quimbara 2000
American Clavé, Deep Rumba, Haila Monpie, Xiomara Laugart, Andy Gonzalez, Amadito Valdez, El Negro Horacio Hernandez, Robby Ameen, Richie Flores, Paoli Mejias, and Charles Neville
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Geography
Kip Hanrahan, Robby Ameen, Fernando Saunders, Leo Nocentelli, Giovanni Hidalgo, and Lucy Penebaz
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...at the same time, as the subway train was leaving the station... (live)
Kip Hanrahan, Jack Bruce, Don Pullen, JT Lewis, Robby Ameen, Alfredo Triff, Milton Cardona, Anthony Carrillo, Richie Flores, Leo Nocentelli, Chocolate Armenteros, and Chico Freeman
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Oleo (Live) (feat. Bob Franceschini, Conrad Herwig & Troy Roberts)
Robby Ameen
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You Play with the Night with Your Fingertips
Kip Hanrahan, Fernando Saunders, DD Jackson, Andy Gonzalez, Robby Ameen, Brandon Ross, Yosvanni Terry, Alfredo Trff, and Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez
Albums
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Diluvio 2020
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Anatolian Side Of Cuba 2017
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Live at the Poster Museum 2024
Singles & EPs
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Fast Eye (Live) (feat. Bob Franceschini, Conrad Herwig, Troy Roberts & Edsel Gomez) Single • 2024
Videos See All
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robby ameen, octavio kotan, ruben rodriguez: overproof ratl1276 • 7.3K views