Son Caribeño:
Tony Del Valle -- guitar, cuatro, backup vocals
Silo Landor -- percussion
Hector Del Valle -- vocals
Gene Rodriguez -- electric bass

Son Caribeño (Caribbean Son) represents a convergence of professional musicians who have been active in the Chicago music scene for more than twenty-five years. Son Caribeño’s members include Tony Del Valle (guitar, cuatro, backup vocals), Silo Landor (percussion) Hector Del Valle (vocals), and Gene Rodriguez (electric bass). They bring together expansive musical training and ideas from diverse sources that include Cuban music, Puerto Rican style salsa, jazz, rock, classical, Latin folklorick, Jamaican, and big band music. The name of the group was carefully chosen to reflect the musical background of the musicians and to foreground one of the band’s fortes, which is the variety of music they play. Son Caribeño’s members have recorded with such stellar musicians as Mongo Santamaria, Machito, and numerous local and national bands, and they have and produced various albums. They have played in the majority of Chicago venues that have featured Latin music. In addition, they have presented musical lectures and concerts at universities, colleges and high schools. A band with a big heart, they have played free concerts to benefit the elderly, the disabled, and various community organizations.

Fandanguero:
Carlos Bueno -- cajon
Juan Hernandez -- electric bass
Jesus Rojas -- jarana, guitarra
Emiliano Rojas -- requinto jarocho, tres cubano

The foundation of Fandanguero originated from Son Jarocho, a traditional musical style of Veracruz, Mexico is called Sotavento. It represents a fusion of indigenous (primarily Huastecan), Spanish, and African musical elements, reflecting the population which evolved in the region from Spanish colonial times.
Members of Fandanguero, who had been in other musical projects, contributed influences such as Cuban Son, Afro-Peruvian, Samba, Mambo, Flamenco, and other Latin rhythm. This created a fusion of traditional past of Son Jarocho mixing with other Latin roots, and modern musical genres.
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