Jimmy Sabater

Jimmy Sabater was born on April 11th, 1936 in Harlem Hospital, New York City. He is the proud son of Nestor Sabater and Teresa Gonzalez of Ponce, Puerto Rico. He grew up in East Harlem, the Spanish Quarter of New York City known as “El Barrio”. Like most teenagers in the neighborhood, he played stickball, flew kites, and harmonized the tunes of the popular R&B groups and vocalists of the day such as Nat King Cole.