2008 SEASON

FRIDAY 4 JULY 2008:

Lighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts
Kingland Road
Poole BH15 1UG

ADVANCE TICKETS: 0844 4068666

ENTRANCE ONLY £5!!! Tickets on sale 19 May 2008

THE BAND

"King Salsa" features the legendary conguero Robin Jones, whose career includes spells with Machito, Mongo Santamaria, Charlie Palmieri, Arturo Sandoval, Stan Getz, and Eddie Henderson.

The dynamic "King Salsa" line-up also currently features the charismatic vocal and percussion talents of Enrique Puente and Felix Gonzales (Cuba) and Carlos Fuentes (Chile), plus Omar Puente (Cuba) who guests on violin and percussion.

The rhythm section is completed by Marc Cecil, one of the most sought after timbaleros in the UK.

The bass chair features the wonderful Jonny Gee, while the piano is in the virtuoso hands of Australian Andrew Noble.

The Brass section is spearheaded by the formidable lead trumpet of Dan Carpenter, plus the solo skills of Gavin Broom, Tom Allen and Tom Ashe. Saxophonist/Flautist Jamie M. Harris features heavily, and the trombone star & Musical Director is Tim Smart.

ROBIN JONES

ROBIN JONES has given Bournemouth Modern Jazz Club some of its most memorable gigs. We're delighted to partner Dorset Music Service for this special one-off gig at Poole Lighthouse featuring the 13-piece King Salsa. Bring your dancing shoes!

Master percussionist of world renown, Jones enjoys an envied musical pedigree not only as the leader of King Salsa and the Robin Jones Latin Jazz Sextet. He has always been a busy session musician working with major artists around the globe. While in Paris in the 60s, he played with Bud Powell and Johnny Griffin. He also performed regularly at the Blue Note with Chet Baker, played on John Barry's early music, plus worked in the studio with Elton John on his first album "Tumbleweed Connection". He also played and recorded with many other jazz greats including Al Casey, Barney Kessell, Tal Fralow, Ben Webster, Lucky Thompson, Art Farmer, Sonny Stitt, Red Rodney and Stan Getz.

"Denga" and "El Maja" were two records he made for the Apollo label in the 1970s and have now been re-released in Europe.

In the 1980s Jones worked with Al Jarreau, Matt Bianco and on pop singer Basia's first LP. He also appeared on videos with Billy Idol and Matt BIanco. He performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival with Sade and spent two years in the early 90s as the featured on-stage drummer in the highly successful musical Carmen Jones.

The eleven-piece band King Salsa contains many of Britain's finest young musicians who perform their blend of Afro-Cuban/Puerto Rican/Jazz at many venues and festivals in Great Britain and Europe. "Chango" contains numbers written by Chucho Valdes, founder of Irakere, in addition to numbers written by band members.

Robin still finds time in his hectic schedule to give tuition to budding percussionists around the UK and is in great demand as a session musician and guest appearances with many of the major artists around. A mini-revival of Jones past work is underway due to a UK labels re-mixing and re-issuing selected tracks.