So lucky to be honored and involved playing the 4th Annual Hollywood Salsa Festival backing Melina Almodovar, Latin Grammy winner Chino Nuñez, Aymee Nuviola, Tito Puente Jr., Marlon Fernandez, and Michelle Brava! More than 6000 people danced and loved the sounds of this special night!
Great night playing salsa at The Miami Marlins Los Angeles Dodgers mlb game at Miami’s Marlin’s Stadium with Orquesta Calle Sol! Great crowd and game for Nicaraguan Heritage night!
Amazing time playing at the 3rd Salsa Festival at Young’s Circle in Hollywood, FL – more than 5000 people danced to the salsa of Orq Calle Sol, Ramses Araya, Melina Almodovar and special appearance by Tito Puente Jr!
Great night playing a salsa tribute to Joe Arroyo with Harold y Su Orquesta and the great musicians on stage! The metals: Franco, Adolis, Delvis and Bonegal!
What an honor to back Isabel Bances and Dario Pasco in their tribute to his 70-year musical career! A spectacular evening full of salsa music and traditional Peruvian favorites and the best Peruvian Musicians in Miami! What an honor to play with these excellent musicians!
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“Planetarium a popular group, captivated the crowd with plena music, a type of sound which began more than 100 years ago bringing the stories of Puerto Rico’s history and folklore to the world. It became popular in the 1990’s when modern sounds were incorporated to it.
So proud to play and be part of the Feria de las Americas at Marlins Park stadium and seen on the Jumbotron! Sandwiched in between a great merengue band and the Classical Orquestra from Cartegena Colombia, Freddy Velaz y Su Banda Swing played punta and bachata music to fair-goers and a great crowd!
So proud to be part of the re-opening of Ball&Chain, a Miami institution since 1935! Orquesta Calle Sol played salsa brava on Calle Ocho in Little Havana! Enjoyed the crowd, the place, and the whole night!
What an honor to be house band at Miami’s hottest new Lounge & Restaurant!
Orquesta Calle Sol is playing every Saturday night at Touche Rooftop Lounge – comfy couches, open-air rooftop views of downtown Miami and the Freedom Tower, and live salsa! I’m so happy to be part of this experience, playing with amazing musicians and the heavy, salsa dura from the 70’s and 80’s!
I was invited back to play with Freddy Velaz y Su Banda Swing a second time at 2014 Calle Ocho Festival – Miami’s largest Hispanic festival! A great crowd at the Radio Caracol Stage enjoyed punta, cumbias, bachata, y merengue!
Great crowd, amazing time playing plena with Plenatarium at this Puerto Rican street festival held for the second time in Miami! Enjoyed Carlos’s singing, Henry’s percussion, Charlie, Dannie, Jimmy, Perry, and Carlos on congas and panderetas, bass by Vincent, Josue on trumpet, Danny on keys, and more!
Miami’s newest Salsa Dura band – Orquesta Calle Sol had a great opening show at Blue Martini in Brickell this week! We packed the house on a Monday night and people danced to 3-part trombone salsa songs from the 1970’s and 80’s like Lluvia Con Nieve, Aguzate, and Que Humanidad! What a pleasure to play with these great musicians!
Mano a Mano Hermanos Salseros- Miami’s benefit concert for Edgardo Morales at Guaro’s Nightclub with John Bizarretty’s Orquesta Salsa Rumba and singer Frankie Castro!
Amazing night playing salsa at the Bank United Center in Miami to close the show – shared stage with John Secada, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jose Feliciano and Willie Panama’s Orquesta – “The Demolition Crew”
Performing at the Bank United Center – Miami Rocks Our Troops benefit Concert
Playing more trombone at 2012 Mardi Gras with Phil Morales and the Orqesta SalsaBuena! This continues the first public appearance of Phil’s songs with a full salsa band that I’m proud to be part of! This song is “Esposa Querida”.
Debbie plays trombone on this premier of Negra Zandugera, an original salsa song by Phil Morales and the Orqesta SalsaBuena! This Mardi Gras Festival is the first public appearance of the song with a full salsa band, and I’m proud to be part of it! Phil’s dream was 10 years in the making. It’s quite an accomplishment to finally hear his original music performed with our 10+ piece salsa band!
Amazing outdoor afternoon gig with Hector “Tito” Colon y Orquesta la Unika! We were a 13-piece salsa band and we closed the evening at the Latin Spice food festival at beautiful Pinecrest Gardens with high energy songs including Juana Pena, Mi Gente, and Salsa Con Clase.
Orquesta La Unika spicing it up at Pinecrest Garden's Latin Spice festival!
Great gig last night with the band Studio54 at Pavillion Grille in Boca Raton. These guys know how to throw down a show and get people dancing! Sat in with a great 4-horn section: 2 trombones, sax/reeds and trumpet for 2 sets. Thank you Carl and Anthony for the invite!
Great jam with Orquesta Klibre last night – amazing energy, musicians, and great songs! Looking forward to playing more with the group while I’m in Miami.