Central Florida’s Latin Jazz super-group returns to the Bamboo!
Dimas Sanchez, leader of Fusion Beat, began playing percussion and drum set in Puerto Rico, where he was born. He started playing salsa music professionally at age 14 playing. Later on, other influences like Jazz, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican folkloric music started shaping his musical taste.
Dimas traveled to Florida in 1992 and immediately began working with rock, blues, jazz and Latin groups as a percussionist. Some of the artists with whom he has worked in Florida are Adalberto Santiago, Hector Casanova, Giovanni Hidalgo, Ismael Miranda, Marvin Santiago, Sophy, Akangana, Rico Monaco & Sol Sons, The Xavier Cougat Orchestra, Iba A Se, Opus Mundi and now with Fusion Beat and Trilogy Latin Jazz.
Fusion Beat performs a variety of musical styles such as Jazz, World Music, Latin and Funk. Their influences range from Puerto Rican, Afro‐Cuban, South American, New Orleans, Be‐Bop, European and different Jazz styles.