FUEGO LATINO HAS BEEN ENTERTAINING AND PERFORMING FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS NOW. USING CUBAN AND PUERTO RICAN INFLUENCES TO MOTIVATE AND LEARN, THE BAND HAS BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SALSA COMMUNITY IN EL PASO. I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THAT FUEGO LATINO'S PURPOSE IS TO USE THEIR GOD GIVEN GIFTS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AS JAZZ, SALSA, AND TIMBA MUSICIANS. THIS MUSIC BRINGS SO MANY PEOPLE TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY THAT ITS A BLESSING TO BE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. AS WE BEGIN TO EXPLORE TIMBA WITH ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS, WRITTEN BY OUR PIANIST DANNY IGLESIAS, WE ARE REALIZING THE MEANING AND IMPORTANCE OF THIS MUSIC. WHETHER IT IS REHEARSING OR PERFORMING, PLAYING THIS MUSIC WITH OUR ENTIRE HEARTS HAS TAUGHT US TO LIVE LIFE BETTER, AND FOR A PURPOSE.
THE BAND WAS FOUNDED BY SAXOPHONIST AND FLUTIST DANIEL PAUL FERNANDEZ ALONG WITH TRUMPET PLAYER LOUIS ALARCON WHO NOW IS PERFORMING ON CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES. AS THE BAND HAS GROWN AND DEVELOPED, WE'VE FOUND OURSELVES BLESSED WITH THE TALENTS OF 3 CUBAN MUSICIANS, WHO HAVE REALLY PUSHED THE LIMITS OF OUR "NORMAL" ABILITIES. IN LESS THAN FOUR YEARS TIME, FUEGO LATINO HAS FOUND THAT THEY HAVE MADE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES NOT ONLY IN EL PASO BUT ALSO IN ALL OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. THE COOPERAGE RESTAURANT IS THE PREMIER SITE FOR SALSA IN ALBUQUERQUE AND IS CONTINUOSLY PACKED WHEN FUEGO LATINO PLAYS. ALONG WITH THE COOPERAGE, FUEGO HAS PLAYED AT SUCH EVENTS AS "SALSA UNDER THE STARS" AND THE LAS VEGAS, NM. SALSA FESTIVAL. BUT THE BIGGEST EVENT FOR THE GROUP TO THIS POINT IS OPENING UP FOR TITO PUENTE JR. AT POPEJOY HALL IN ALB., NM.
IN THE EL PASO AREA, FUEGO HAS USED SENSES DO BRAZIL, SUAVICITOS NITE CLUB, PANACHE, MONICAS, THE DOME BAR, ROL ULTRA LOUNGE, WEDNESDAY MUSIC CAFE(AT UTEP), MINERPALOOZA, HERITAGE FESTIVAL(LAS CRUCES, NM.), THE EL PASO SALSA FESTIVAL, STUDIO 69, TUMBAO(JUAREZ, MX.) AND CURRENTLY, MARGARITAS NITE CLUB ON GATEWAY EAST EVERY WEDNESDAY(EXIT LEE TREVINO), TO BOOST ITS POPULARITY IN EL PASO.
IT IS OUR HOPE, COLLECTIVELY, TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE SALSA AND MUSIC SCENE IN EL PASO, AND THE ENTIRE SOUTHWEST. IF THE BAND WERE TO END TODAY, IT WOULD BE OUR HOPE THAT MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE INFLUENCED TO LISTEN AND TO DANCE TO THE MUSIC THAT HAS IMPACTED OUR LIVES SO DEEPLY.
WITH LOVE,
GOD BLESS,
DANNY
FUEGO LATINO SALSA
CONTACT INFO:
For more background or business information, contact Danny Fernandez at [email protected]. For miscellaneous information, you can email all members of Fuego Latino at [email protected].
