Supported by KNKX. Now in the middle of a towering career as founder & leader of the Spanish Harlem Orchestra (25 years), musical director for Rubén Blades, and pianist, arranger and producer for some of the biggest names in Contemporary Latin music, four-time Grammy winner Oscar Hernández turns to his working quintet Alma Libre to present their 4th CD with 40 of his competitions, entitled, No Words Needed (5/24/2025, Ovation Records).

Oscar Hernández is the leader of the world-renowned Spanish Harlem Orchestra. With their ten CD's to date (now releasing their 10th CD Nov. 17, 2025, Salsa Navidad), Oscar and SHO, as they are commonly known, were nominated for a Grammy on their first CD Un Gran Dia En El Barrio, won the Grammy for their second CD release, Across 110th Street" and nominated for their third CD United We Swing, and winning yet another Grammy with their 4th CD Viva La Tradición" and won their 3rd Grammy with Anniversary in 2019. Oscar was the music producer as well as pianist/arranger on all CD's. Since the band's inception in the year 2001, Spanish Harlem Orchestra is generally considered one of the best Salsa & Latin-Jazz Orchestras today and one of the finest music ensembles in the world.

Seattle-based trumpeter, composer, and producer Thomas Marriott is a force for jazz on the west coast. He's paid dues beside jazz elders such as Maynard Ferguson, Roy McCurdy, Julian Priester, Ernie Watts, Roger Humphries, Mike Clark and Stix Hooper, and has been called on by contemporary standard-bearers like Joe Locke, Orrin Evans, Steve Wilson, and Charlie Hunter.