Havana, Cuba. August 15, 1961. Bassist, composer and fagot player. At the age of 8, he begins to study music and at 12 he enters Amadeo Roldán conservatoire in Havana where he studies fagot. During the next seven years he receives a complete musical education on different conservatoires and then enters the Arts University in Havana.

While still at the University he gets involved with the Cuba’s National Symphony Orchestra, playing the fagot. The numerous tours of the orchestra in South America allow him to develop the necessary technique, precision and fluency to play in public. However, his musical concerns make him take a direction common to that of some young musicians of his same University, anxious to create a contemporary music style, nourished from Cuban roots and jazz. Gonzalo Rubalcaba, another portent, pianist and member of the Contemporary Music Orchestra creates his own band on June 30th, 1984 and Cabrera is invited to join this “Grupo Proyecto” as bassist.

During fifteen years, this Cuban quartet travels the world and makes several recordings for Messidor and Blue Note labels. This gives Felipe the opportunity to play on stage with world renowned musicians like Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Ron Cárter, Charlie Haden, Jack De Johnette, Wallace Ronnie, Wynton Marsalis, Michael Brecker, Alfredo Rodríguez, Orlando Poleo, Jeff Gardner, Miguel " Angá " Díaz, Mama Sissoko, Omar Sosa and El Sikameya.

A new époque in Cabrera’s already attractive career begins and he records his first CD with his own compositions: Made in Ánimas, name of the street where he was born and grew up, in Cayo Hueso neighborhood.

His studies and his love for music, mixed with his own feelings made Cabrera integrate his roots into his already diverse experience. He allows us to discover his musical history, joys, love, sorrows and anger, the African part in his ancestors which is the common root forCuba and Jazz; an entire universe or harmonic and rhythmic richness joined to the feeling which is the trace the big ones leave behind.

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