Born in the Bronx borough of New York City, Eric
Velez has been
playing since a pre-teenager. He learned chops from his peers, many
of whom were drummers and percussionists from Cuba, Puerto Rico, the
Dominican Republic and elsewhere. Eric's reverence for the traditional
techniques is shown in his own style, based heavily on indigenous Afro-Cuban
technique, to which Eric has contributed a number of unique variations.
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Percussionist Juan Gerena was born in New York of Puerto Rican parents.
He has been greatly influenced by the traditional rhythms of Puerto Rican
music including the Bomba and Plena. He began his musical career playing
bongos as a young child. He has since mastered many other percussion
instruments such as timbales, congas, drum set along with many other
hand percussion instruments. Juan has studied with master percussionists:
Johnny Almendra, Robert Vilera, David Rovins and Tito Cepeda. More>
