Latin jazz musician Bobby Sanabria

Grammy nominee Bobby Sanabria feels like a winner

By MESFIN FEKADU | ASSOCIATED PRESS | Dec 20, 2012 11:43 AM 

The Latin jazz musician led the protest against the Recording Academy when it downsized from 109 to 78 categories last year. And now he's nominated for best Latin jazz album, one of the awards that had been eliminated but returns at the awards show next year.

Sanabria says he's proud of the nomination for "Multiverse," which features his Big Band. The drummer and percussionist says he hopes the Grammys bring back the other awards it cut, and that the awards downsize is a sign of the dying appreciation of jazz and blues music in American culture.

His band's song, "Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite for Ellington," is also nominated for best instrumental arrangement.

The Grammy Awards airs live from Los Angeles on Feb. 10.
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