Susie Hansen

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Susie Hansen - A Biography Electric violinist Susie Hansen plays fiery Latin Jazz and Salsa, creating music that brings audiences to their feet, dancing in the aisles. Susie and her Los Angeles-based band have been acclaimed by many critics, such as Phil Elwood from the San Francisco Examiner who describes them this way: "It's a sizzling, swinging Salsa band. Hansen can solo as if her bow was afire. The whole room was jumpin' for joy." The Chicago native is a well-established jazz musician, and has developed a unique and exciting style that features her electric violin as the lead instrument of the ensemble. She has drawn on various forms of jazz and Latin music, integrating her own interpretation of traditional Cuban Charanga, a predecessor of Salsa which often features the violin, utilzing the ever-potent fire of Afro-Cuban rhythms and incorporating the compelling harmonies of straight-ahead jazz. According to Don Heckman of the Los Angeles Times, Susie "creates a brand of music that is as physically moving as it is intellectually stimulating." Her all-star band, created in 1989, features George Balmaseda on lead vocals, Joe Rotondi on piano, Rene Camacho on bass, Kaspar Abo on lead vocals and Jimmy Branly on timbales, among her other great musicians. According to Oscar Abadia, KLVE-FM, radio K-Love in Los Angeles, "Susie Hansen is the greatest Salsa violinist in America." She has been featured as a soloist with Orquesta Los Van Van, Cuba's premier dance orchestra, both i

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