Orquesta Salsa Dura is a Salsa band like no other! A San Francisco Bay Area based band, we strive to keep the tradition of hard pounding montunos and Barrio-conscious urban lyrics from the Fania days in New York, with our own original songs that can be just as experimental and open to new ideas while respecting the old school traditions. Featuring Cuatro instead of piano and with an inclination to jazz-like improvisations during the Mambo sections, Salsa Dura can provide a night club a whole evening of dancing as well as providing a listening audience improvised solos and lyrics to think about.
Notable performances have included: Creekside Fridays (Mill Valley), The Vanessa Carias Show, the Latin American Music Festival (Jack London Square, Oakland), Yoshi’s (San Francisco), The Summer Arts Festival (Garberville).
Although Orquesta Salsa Dura played a special post-pandemic reunion show at The Cigar Bar in San Francisco in 2022, the band has been oh hiatus since 2012, essentially enjoying a run from 2007-2012. The band disbanded after band leader Scott Brown's move to Pittsburg, CA from Hayward, CA in 2013.
Notable performances have included: Creekside Fridays (Mill Valley), The Vanessa Carias Show, the Latin American Music Festival (Jack London Square, Oakland), Yoshi’s (San Francisco), The Summer Arts Festival (Garberville).
Although Orquesta Salsa Dura played a special post-pandemic reunion show at The Cigar Bar in San Francisco in 2022, the band has been oh hiatus since 2012, essentially enjoying a run from 2007-2012. The band disbanded after band leader Scott Brown's move to Pittsburg, CA from Hayward, CA in 2013.
Salsa Dura live at Jack London Square
