North America / Puerto Rico In April 2000, the third Sunday of March was instituted as the National Zalsa Day under Law #100 of the Senate of Puerto Rico History The National Zalsa Day was created in 1984 by Pedro Arroyo, Z-93 Programming … [Continue reading] about National Zalsa Day 2020
North America / Puerto Rico / San Juan Omar Lugo “Young Promise of the Juvenile and Romantic Salsa of Puerto Rico” With a modern, restorative and very representative style, the talented Puerto Rican Omar Lugo arrived to reinforce Latin music, … [Continue reading] about Omar Lugo
Asia / Sapporo / Japan Takafumi Nikaido, In his time in Cuba he studied with prominent percussionists Jose Luis Quintana “Changuito” Takafumi Nikaido born in Sapporo Japan in the year 1993 started playing the saxophone at the age of 6 and at … [Continue reading] about Takafumi Nikaido
Europa / Italia / Napoles Rosario Jermano is probably the best known Italian percussionist, open to all types of traditional and worldwide ethnic music. Jermano’s Neapolitan origin together with his extraordinary intuitive interpretations have … [Continue reading] about Rosario Jermano
North America / Los Angeles / California Brad Dutz, His endorsements include Innovative Percussion, Gon Bops, Remo, Yamaha, Paiste and Roland While recording CD's for artists like Kiss, Willie Nelson, Michael Wolff, Tribal Tech, David Benoit, Rick … [Continue reading] about Brad Dutz