Chiquito Team Band

La Chiquito Team Band is a quintet of salseros (salsa singers) led by founders Chiquito Timbal (Rafael Berroa) and Manuel Piano (Emmanuel Frias). The group's other members include Alberto María, Kelvin Saviñon, and Lugo Santana, who act as the backing chorus and take occasional solos, all in front of a cooking salsa orchestra. They call their innovative take on the tropical genre "La Industria Salsera." Despite their young age when they formed the band, Timbal and Piano had been singing and working professionally since childhood. Separately, they had been associated with suc...