Robin Jones & King Salsa - Chango

Percussionist Robin Jones could accurately be called salsa's leading ambassador to the United Kingdom. Since the 1960s, Jones has not only been leading his own group, but also collaborating with such headliners as Elton John, Sade, and Al Jarreau, to name a few, and helping to popularize Latin percussion instruments and influence in a scene that was otherwise pretty far from Havana. Immortalized in his 1999 release on the Cubop label, Chango (named for a God of Cuban folklore) is his work with the group King Salsa. Read More