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King Salsa was founded by Percussionist/Drummer Robin Jones in England in 1986. In its 20 or so years the band has had a colourful and varied career and has become something of an international institution of Latin (mainly Cuban) music, dance and folklore. The personnel have always been drawn from the top current group of crack young players internationally, and have also backed many of the world’s greats of Latin and Latin Jazz. Many great players and singers have graced the band’s ranks, many of whom have become Band Leaders in their own right, but often make return appearances. These include trumpet virtuosos Steve Waterman, Mark Armstrong and Grahame Flowers also trombone legends Dennis Rollins and Paul Shepherd and percussion ace Bosco de Oliveira. Currently, there’s a new line-up. The trumpets feature the formidable lead of Jean Paul Gervasoni, Alex Maynard and the section and jazz solos of Gavin Broom. The piano man is Chris Kibble. The bass chair features Jonny Gee with multi instrumentalist Gerry Hunt still there on occasion. The timbales are in the hands of young Mark Cecil who is becoming one of the most sought after Drummer/Percussionist on the scene. Virtuoso sax/flute man is Jamie Harris and new trombone star and Musical Director is Tim Smart. Add to this the charismatic vocals and percussion of Enrique Bringas and Tony Danger (both from Cuba) and Carlos Fuentes (from Chilli) and you have it. On occasion virtuoso Cuban violinist Omar Puente guests with the band. Robin himself has had a vastly chequered career, playing with most of the world’s greats of Latin, jazz and pop including Stan Getz, Phil Woods and Latin Jazz piano great Charlie Palmeiri. More recently he has been seen with trumpet greats Eddie Henderson and Artuoro Sandoval. The band has two CDs “Ache” and “Chango” and has been featured at most of the world’s best jazz venues and festivals including Marlborough, Malta, Pori (Finland) and Brecon. |
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