TRIBUTE TO INDIA & FRANKIE RUIZ
About LA INDIA: Puerto Rican singer and songwriter of salsa, house music and Latin pop. La India has been nominated for both Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, winning the Latin Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album for the Intensamente La India Con Canciones De Juan Gabriel album. La India worked with Eddie Palmieri, La Combinacion Perfecta, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz and many others.
About FRANKIE RUIZ: Puerto Rican singer. He was a major figure in the salsa romántica subgenre that was popular in the 1980s and early 1990s, a salsa moved closer to pop music, and toned down the eroticism in its lyrics during the 1990s, Ruiz was challenged, along with other salsa romántica performers, but he managed to record a number of hits during his career. Frankie Ruiz also recorded some of his greatest hits with Orquesta La Solucion and Tommy Olivencia.
About SALSA MEETS JAZZ BAND: A unique Los Angeles band created for the pleasure of jazz, latin jazz and salsa music fans. Salsa Meets Jazz was a famous now legendary music series which took place at the Village Gate in New York during the 1980s. Now Los Angeles not only has its own version of Salsa Meets Jazz Series but also an Orchestra created to evoke and preserve one of the greatest times in Jazz, Latin Jazz and Salsa with classic and original songs.
About THE GRANADA LA: Located in Alhambra, CA, the Granada LA is 4-story building with 1920's Style that hosted a Nightclub / TapasRestaurant with Full Bar & Bottle Service. For more than two decades, The Granada LA presents Live Latin Music, they also offer Salsa, Bachata, Latin and Ballroom dance classes & private lessons at their Dance Studio.