Stew Jackson
Stew Jackson is a professional musician and has appeared with a vast majority of the top stars of the music industry. He is currently the director and CEO of the world famous Woody Herman Orchestra and The Latin Giants of Jazz.
Jose Madera
Born in New York City to Jose "Pin" Madera, who was the first arranger for the Machito Orchestra. Jose started playing timbales with machito as a teenager and went on to become Tito Puente’s Conguero for 30 years. He was the musical director for the Tito Puente Orchestra for the last ten years and was also a staff arranger at the legendary Fania Records since the 1970’s.
Mitch Frohman
Grew up in the Bronx. For over 25 years he was the sax and flute soloist with the Tito Puente Orchestra and Latin/Jazz Ensemble. He has played and recorded with all of the top artists in this music such as Mongo Santamaria, Celia Cruz, Eddie Palmieri and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra. He is the saxophone soloist on the theme song of HBO’s mega hit “Sex and the City”.
Johnny Rodriguez
His father was the respected Latin musician, Johnny Rodriguez. He started as a teenager with Tito Rodriguez. Johnny earned a spot playing bongos in the Tito Puente Band for 27 years. That was the beginning of a life long association with the man acknowledged as the king of Latin music.