MAMBO KINGS

LATIN JAZZ BAND

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Saxophonist John Viavattine has been an accomplished woodwind specialist in Rochester for many years. John has toured with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, including a performance at President Reagan's 1980 Inaugural Ball. He has also performed with Chuck and Gap Mangione, Jeff Tyzik and the Rochester Philharmonic, The Temptations, Ray Charles, Patti Page and Lou Rawls.

 

Percussionist Wilfredo "Freddy" Colon has performed with Aretha Franklin, Tito Puente, Soneros Del Barrio, Johnny Rivera, El Cano and Paquito Acosta, among others. He teaches percussion at the Eastman School's Community Education Division and is much in demand as a clinician in the Greater Rochester area.

 

Pianist Richard DeLaney has been active as an arranger and composer in Rochester since earning a Master's Degree from the Eastman School in 1978. He was musical director for Orquesta La Muralla for fifteen years before forming Mambo Kings in 1992. He has taught piano and jazz piano at the Hochstein School Of Music since 1985 and has directed the jazz ensemble program there since 2001.

 

Bassist Hector Diaz has been playing with bands in the Western New York area since the age of thirteen. He has performed with ismael Miranda, Hector Tricoche, El Cano, Paquito Acosta, Zafra Negra, Luisito Rosario, Wendell Rivera and Johnny Rivera. While in the service, Hector toured with an All- Soldiers show throughout Army bases in South Korea.

 

Conguero David "Tio David" Antonetti played with Orquesta La Muralla for many years, including performances with Adalberto Santiago, Ismael Miranda and Ismael Quintana. He has backed up contemporary salsa stars Tito Allen, Cano Estremera, Hector Tricoche and Luisito Rosario.

MAMBO KINGS - NOSTALGIA (CD-2008)

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