Iza and Jose Torres (salsa)
Musicians, organizers "Carnaval de Salsa". Jose is a virtuoso of percussion instruments; he comes from Kuba, but lives in Poland. He founded the first Salsa Orchestra in Poland. He has been performing in Poland for over 20 years, co-operating with polish well-known artists: Maryla Rodowicz, Kayah, Ewa Bem, Urszula, Maanam, Ryszard Rynkowski, Stanisław Soyka, Grzegorz Ciechowski, Raz Dwa Trzy and many more. He gave concerts and recorded with best polish jazz musicians: Tomasz Stańko, Wojciech Karolak, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Jarosław Śmietana, Leszek Możdżer. He performed on over 40 recordings, including original soundtracks to films "Blood and wine" (with Jack Nicholson), "Bandit", "Father`s right", etc. For over 10 years has been occupying the first place on the Musician-of-the-Year Top list (category: percussion instruments) in Poland`s most popular jazz magazine "Jazz Forum". He was an artistic manager of TV show "Exotic Summer with the Trio" (September 99) and well-known talk show "Evening with Jagielski". Performed during TV programs such as "Evening with Alice" and "Evening with a vampire".
