Justo Almario’s B-day Bash!

Join us as we celebrate Justo Almario’s Birthday

at Catalina Jazz club!

February 9, 2012

featuring

Justo Almario’s Quartet

Grammy Nominated – Mongorama

and other invited guests!!!

Tickets are only $15.00

Catalina Jazz Club

6725 West SUNSET Blvd.,

 Hollywood, CA. 90028

Tel.  (323) 466-2210

Bronx Horns

The Bronx Horns deliver a swinging, tight blend of salsa, mambo, cha-cha-cha and Latin jazz.Having performed with the biggest names in Latin jazz and salsa including Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria and Eddie Palmieri they know what it takes to keep dancers on their feet.

Mitch Frohman – Founder and Leader of “The Bronx Horns”
Riveting tenor sax and flute player, currently touring and recording with Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Mitch Frohman has performed and recorded steadily with Tito Puente for the past 25 years. Frohman was a featured member of Mongo Santamaria’s band from 1988…

Triple Play feat. Bill O’Connell, Dave Valentin and Richie Flores

As a complete rarity in jazz, the piano/flute/percussion triumvirate is nothing less than inspired. But it couldn’t work without the high quality of the participants. Players of this caliber ensure that things never get too pat or too pretty.

A native New Yorker who studied classical music at The Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Early in his career, he played in various salsa and jazz settings that set the tone for his musical style. In 1977, he joined salsa great Mongo Santamaria, writing and performing with him for over two years. Following that he worked…

Daniel Amat

Dubbed as the next Chucho Valdes; absorbing in a very personal way from the heritage of the greats of Cuban piano, Daniel runs through genres from Cuban rural and urban music, respecting tradition, showing the freshness and contemporaneity of his youth.

Daniel Amat, Cuban pianist born in a small town of Havana called Güira de Melena. He grew up surrounded by the rhythms and harmonies of his native Cuba. From a very young age he was influenced by his father Pancho Amat, one of the most important tres players of all times, who…

Candido Camero

Now into his nineties, NEA Jazz Master Candido Camero shows no sign of slowing down. His touch on congas is sure, his time is solid, his sound is uniquely his own, and his execution is as nimble as that of a man half his age.

Born in 1921 in a Havana barrio called El Cerro, Candido was initially a multi-instrumentalist, showing facility on tres, guitar, and bass-these being key instruments in the popular Son music of the day. A switch to bongos and congas led to a six-year spell with the CMQ Radio…

Henry Brun

Henry Brun has accumulated over 650 recordings (including participation in a Grammy winning production and multiple Grammy nominations, as well as Gold and Platinum albums), several productions, original compositions, radio and television commercials and major motion pictures.

Conga dynamo Henry Brun, nicknamed “Mr. Ritmo” by his fans, lives by the authenticity, dynamics and “cadencia” of the music he plays.  Born
in the Bronx to Puerto Rican parents, Henry started playing congas at age seven.  Upon their return to Puerto Rico, by the time he was eleven he was playing professionally.  While listening to and…