EDWIN PEREZ
"Edwin Perez leads a 10-piece band - updating a New York style that flourished in the 1970s and 1980s: Salsa Dura, propulsive and danceable with jabbing horns, insistent percussion, and socially conscience lyrics."
- Jon Pareles, The New York Times.
Edwin Perez is undoubtedly the new sonero superstar of salsa dura - a vocal supernova whose gravitational pull and sheer electricity on stage cannot be contained. With versatile vocal mastery and dynamite charisma, this Puerto Rican-born, Bronx-raised dynamo has sparked a worldwide frenzy and emerged as Latin music's most formidable new voice.
From humble beginnings, cutting his teeth singing with Cuban bands like Enrique Lopez's ensemble, Perez's dynamic lead vocals, and co-founding role in Jose Vazquez-Cofresi's trailblazing salsa group set him on an upward trajectory. His show-stopping performances on their three critically acclaimed albums were merely an embryonic hint of the explosion.
When Vazquez-Cofresi's group dissolved in 2012, the unstoppable Perez channeled his fire into a revolutionary solo career - one that has seen him conquer stages across 52 countries and five continents, selling out venue after venue with his incomparable live shows. The masterwork album "La Voz del Pueblo" in 2017 was an announcement solidifying Perez as salsa's new generation torchbearer.
But 2020's "Street Corner Chronicles" and the sizzling 2023 follow-up "Directo Al Punto" catalyzed Perez's mainstream crossover supernova. Topping Latin charts and garnering major award nods, these tours de force showcased his vocal ingenuity and skill for fearlessly infusing socially conscious soul into salsa's idiom.
Perez had already woven his virtuosic vocals into Hollywood blockbusters ("16 Blocks") to hit TV series ("So You Think You Can Dance"), significant sports broadcasts (Monday Night Football), esteemed Broadway productions ("The Capeman"), and salsa titan Eddie Palmieri and Salsa royalty Spanish Harlem Orchestra.
Edwin Perez personifies salsa's spirit and future with a staggering range that combines refreshing socio-conscious poetry, vocal fireworks, and uncontainable live charisma.
Edwin who? Edwin Perez!
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