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Booking Latin Bands

The music known today as 'Latin music' had its beginnings in Cuba in the 1800s. Latin band influences, however, did not begin to enter mainstream American popular music until the 1930's. During the 1950's and 1960's these influences became particularly strong, with Latin band music and Latin dances such as the mambo, cha-cha-cha, samba, and the bossa nova becoming extremely popular. Without question, the king of the Latin music band genre is Tito Puente (also known as "El Rey"). He came to to epitomize the Latin experience in his music throughout the United States and the world. Latin bands of today are large, and can sometimes have as many as twenty-five pieces! Modern Latin bands include brass and wind instruments, piano, an upright bass, 'trap drums', four or five saxophones, three or four trumpets, and one or more trombones. A wide variety of Latin percussion instruments also flavor the music. Conga drums, claves, and maracas are the best known percusssion instrumets of a Latin band. Keep in mind, you do not have to hire a full Latin band. You can choose from quartets, quintets, sextets, septets, 'conjuntos' (combos). A typical Latin band plays all types of Latin music - everything from a mix of Afro-Cuban music, salsa, and Latin jazz music. The most popular genres of Latin music today are salsa music and merengue. So go mucho caliente and hire a Latin Band!

Tips For Hiring A Latin Band

Hiring a great Latin band can be challenging, but Gigmasters makes it fun and easy! Here are five helpful tips for planning the perfect Latin music for your special event:

1. Listen to audio and watch video of as many Latin bands as you can. Most Latin bands and Latin musicians on Gigmasters have multiple audio and video samples available on their Gigmasters press kits.

2. Thoroughly read client feedback. Many Gigmasters clients who have hired a Latin band or Latin musician have left useful feedback about their experiences.

3. Book early. Most professional Latin wedding bands need to be booked several months in advance.

4. Get a contract and read it carefully. Most professional Latin bands and Latin musicians will also require a deposit in order to secure them.

5. Follow up with your Latin band as often as you need to. Don't be shy about making sure your band knows exactly what type of Latin music (salsa, merengue) you want!

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Hire a Latin Band

GigMasters helps you hire professional Latin bands in your area. Whether it's a wedding, Quinceañera, or mid-summer party, you'll easily find a talented latin music band for your big event. Thousands of professional Latin music bands for hire throughout North America.

For Canadian performers click here. Where are you looking to hire a Latin Band? Use the links below to begin your search!

Alabama Latin Bands Birmingham Huntsville Mobile Montgomery [counties...]

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Arizona Latin Bands Flagstaff Mesa Phoenix Scottsdale Tempe Tucson [counties...]

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Colorado Latin Bands Aurora Colorado Springs Denver Pueblo [counties...]

Connecticut Latin Bands Bridgeport Danbury Greenwich Hartford New Haven New London Norwalk Stamford Waterbury [counties...]

Delaware Latin Bands Wilmington Dover [counties...]

District of Columbia Latin Bands Washington, DC

Florida Latin Bands Daytona Beach Fort Lauderdale Gainesville Hialeah Jacksonville Melbourne Miami Orlando Pensacola Sarasota St Petersburg Tallahassee Tampa West Palm Beach [counties...]

Georgia Latin Bands Atlanta Augusta Macon Savannah Valdosta [counties...]

Hawaii Latin Bands Maui Oahu [counties...]

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Illinois Latin Bands Chicago Peoria Rockford Springfield [counties...]

Indiana Latin Bands Evansville Fort Wayne Gary Indianapolis South Bend Terre Haute [counties...]

Iowa Latin Bands Davenport Des Moines Sioux City [counties...]

Kansas Latin Bands Lawrence Overland Park Topeka Wichita [counties...]

Kentucky Latin Bands Lexington Louisville [counties...]

Louisiana Latin Bands Baton Rouge New Orleans Shreveport [counties...]

Maine Latin Bands Augusta Bangor Portland [counties...]

Maryland Latin Bands Annapolis Baltimore Frederick Hagerstown [counties...]

Massachusetts Latin Bands Boston Cape Cod Springfield Worcester [counties...]

Michigan Latin Bands Detroit Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Lansing [counties...]

Minnesota Latin Bands Duluth Minneapolis Rochester St Paul [counties...]

Mississippi Latin Bands Biloxi Jackson [counties...]

Missouri Latin Bands Jefferson City Kansas City St Louis [counties...]

Montana Latin Bands Billings Helena Missoula [counties...]

Nebraska Latin Bands Lincoln Omaha [counties...]

Nevada Latin Bands Henderson Las Vegas Reno [counties...]

New Hampshire Latin Bands Concord Manchester [counties...]

New Jersey Latin Bands Atlantic City Edison Jersey City Newark Paterson Princeton Trenton [counties...]

New Mexico Latin Bands Albuquerque Santa Fe [counties...]

New York Latin Bands Albany Brooklyn Buffalo Long Island Manhattan New York City Poughkeepsie Queens Rochester Syracuse Westchester [counties...]

North Carolina Latin Bands Asheville Charlotte Durham Fayetteville Greensboro Raleigh Wilmington Winston-Salem [counties...]

North Dakota Latin Bands Bismark Fargo [counties...]

Ohio Latin Bands Akron Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Toledo [counties...]

Oklahoma Latin Bands Lawton Norman Oklahoma City Tulsa [counties...]

Oregon Latin Bands Beaverton Bend Eugene Medford Portland Salem [counties...]

Pennsylvania Latin Bands Allentown Altoona Erie Harrisburg Philadelphia Pittsburgh [counties...]

Rhode Island Latin Bands Newport Providence [counties...]

South Carolina Latin Bands Charleston Columbia Greenville Hilton Head [counties...]

South Dakota Latin Bands Pierre Rapid City Sioux Falls [counties...]

Tennessee Latin Bands Chattanooga Knoxville Memphis Nashville [counties...]

Texas Latin Bands Amarillo Arlington Austin Corpus Christi Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Garland Houston Irving Laredo Lubbock Plano San Antonio Waco [counties...]

Utah Latin Bands Provo Salt Lake City [counties...]

Vermont Latin Bands Burlington Montpelier Rutland [counties...]

Virginia Latin Bands Alexandria Chesapeake Newport News Norfolk Richmond Roanoke Virginia Beach [counties...]

Washington Latin Bands Bellevue Bellingham Seattle Spokane Tacoma [counties...]

West Virginia Latin Bands Charleston Morgantown [counties...]

Wisconsin Latin Bands Green Bay La Crosse Madison Milwaukee [counties...]

Wyoming Latin Bands Casper Cheyenne [counties...]