Welcome!
Grupo Latin Vibe was born out of a composition and arranging class at The Harbor Conservatory in East Harlem, NY.
Two eager musicians from distinct backgrounds, myself an Italian-Greek American kid from Madison, Wisconsin with dreams of being the next Tito Puente or Cal Tjader and Tito Rivera a full blood Puertorriqueno and Salsero born and bred in Brooklyn.
This shared collaboration has continued since 1996 and over the years Grupo Latin Vibe has made 3 full length cd's of which has produced several international hits with La Llave being the biggest. References to The Joe Cuba Sextette and Louie Ramirez have been made. Our belief is that our distinct signature sound of vibes with Tito's unique "NY-Jibaro style" voice produces a unique velvety and swinging salsa tune, and simply put our music is "Salsa-Jazz".
We have seen dancers move with syncronicty of heart and body to our sound and at other times attentively gathering around the bandstand to groove on our Latin Jazz .
This is what we are passionate about!
Tommy Mattioli & Anibal "Tito" Rivera
