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  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.
   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.
   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.
   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.
   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.
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