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Ruben Salcido

Jazz saxophone and Flute

About Me

Ruben grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, attended college on a music scholarship to the University of Nevada in Reno. After completing his studies, he performed throughout the bay area. He started a successful computer consulting business in Europe. While in Europe, he performed in various night clubs between consulting jobs.

After returning from Europe, he composed and produced a CD of original latin jazz music dedicated to the memory of his parents. He performed at the 2nd Annual Latin Jazz Festival in Fort Meyers, sharing the stage with Celia Cruz, Tito Puente Jr. and Arturo Sandoval. He currently plays lead saxophone with the Full Spectrum Jazz band, an 18 piece big band as well as lead alto for the Bob Enos memorial big band. He is currently signed to the Mandala Records label and performs regularly with the Latin Jazz group, Tribu. He will be performing with the Mandala Orchestra in March of 2017 at the SF Jazz Center performing the music of Gil Evans.