LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/
Various Business Enterprises) - Featuring bandleader, vocalist, composer & keyboardist Salvador Santana, SSB is known for its energetic brew of conscious hip-hop, rock, funk, R&B and Latin sounds.
Their self-titled debut album was released earlier this year on Salvador's VBE imprint with distribution through Tsunami Label Group.
Salvador served as album producer for SSB, which features collaborations with Asdru
Sierra of Ozomatli, DJ Nu-Mark (Jurassic 5), Ryan Tedder of One Republic and
Carlos Santana. SSB's core line-up also includes: vocalist
Quincy McCrary (ex-Quetzal and Burning Star), bassist Emerson Cardenas, guitarist Woody Aplanalp (Lauryn Hill, Nels Cline,
Thomas Mapfumo, etc.), drummer Tony Austin (Solomon Burke) and ex-Ozomatli multi-instrumentalist Jose "Crunchy" Espinosa.
A remix record of SSB was just released, with reinvented tracks coming from a diverse assortment of top producers, DJs, mixers and turntable stars including Del: tha funkee homosapien ("Hella Tight"), Scotty Coats ("Why Yo"), Pinker Tones ("Sounds Good"), Jason Roberts ("Me & U"), Brazilian Girls ("My One True Love"), Ozomatli, MIS/Mexican Institute of Sound, Money Mark and Wayne Jobson, all for the buoyant "Summer's Day." The remix project was released August 26th and is available on all digital retailers.
SSB is currently on the road as opening act for the Western U.S./Canada leg of Carlos Santana and the Santana Band's 2008 world tour. The itinerary kicked off September 4 at Chico State University in Chico, CA and wraps October 12 at Concord, CA's Sleep Train Pavilion. Stops also include General Motors Place in Vancouver, BC (9/7), Dallas, TX's Superpages.com Center (9/17), Phoenix, AZ's Cricket Pavilion (9/27), the Nokia Theatre in L.A. (10/2-3) and the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas (10/4), among many other highlights.
SSB, which formed in San Francisco in 2004, has previously opened for Santana on tours in both the U.S. and Europe, and have toured with other acts including B-Side Players, deSol, Galactic, Los Lonely Boys, John Popper, Robert Randolph and the Family Band and Rusted Root. SSB also regularly plays major festivals including Bonnaroo, High Sierra, San Francisco's North Beach Jazz Festival, Jazz Aspen Snowmass and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
SSB can also be heard on the digital benefit compilation album Voto Latino - It's Your Country ... Represent!. The non-partisan Voto Latino promotes an enfranchised America and supports voter empowerment in the Latino community. All proceeds from iTunes downloads will directly support Voto Latino's voter registration, education and empowerment initiatives (https://www.votolatino.org).
For more information and a complete tour itinerary, log on to https://www.salvadorsantana.com
