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Rey Arteaga - Photo by Brittany Clanton

San Antonio-born solo-artist, frontman-vocalist, multi-genre conguero, bongocero, percussionist Rey Arteaga, a favorite performer in the local Austin music scene, has co-founded or played in some of the best Latin bands in Austin (Son y No Son, La Tribu, Son Yuma, Centzontle, Melecumbe, Sarah Fox and Joel Guzman, Sangre de Chango, Ta Mère, & Charanga Cakewalk).

Arteaga has, for thirty-four years, performed classic repertoire of Cuban son, Colombian cumbia and Mexican bolero and ranchera, renditions of which have ranged from the traditional, to eclectic and innovative.

Arteaga has also performed/recorded with Austin-based David Bowie tribute band Super Creeps, 35MM, A Few Nice Things, Gov't Mule, Tiburon, Big Band Tejano, The Brew, Los Satelites del Ritmo, Big Sugar, Sit Down, Servant!!, Davíd Garza, Zoumountchi, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Jesse Vain & The Happy Hour Holiness Movement, The Sahara All-Stars, Bamako Airlines and many others.

Musicians with whom Rey Arteaga collaborates and currently performs include:

Piano -

Benjamin Irom (N.O.W. Jazz Orchestra, Tenple Jazz Orchestra),

Lucas Daniel Quintana, Esteban Alvarez (Esteban Alvarez & GLORIUS4),

Daniel Wyman, and

Paul Matthews (Los Timberos del Norte);

Timbales -

José Galeano (Galeano Band, Grupo Fantasma),

Mario Salomon (Mario y Su Timbeko),

Daniel Rodriguez (Mario y Su Timbeko),

Samuel Irizarry (Natiao Latin Jazz), and

Daniel Mendoza (The Brew, Jazz P.R.) on timbales, bongó, and percussion;

Bass -

Ben Bradshaw (Live Jukebox Trio, Susanna Sharpe),

George Walker (Con Rumba Son, 7even Jazz),

Martín Santiago (Grupo Afinque),

Gordie Johnson (Sit Down, Servant!!, Grady, Big Sugar),

Jose Brea (Sintesis),

Daniel Wyman (Jose Amador & Terra Nova, Havana Soul) on bass,

Janie Cowan (Blato Zlato, Vera Sola) on upright bass;

Trumpet / Cornet -

Oliver Steck (Bob Schneider, Moon Tower Brass Band) on cornet,

Michael Rey (Fresh 2 Def Horns, The Pictures),

Austin Johanning (Hot Sauce ATX)

Felipe Borrero (Tiburon, Big Band Tejano , Little Joe y La Familia);

Saxophone -

Scott McIntosh (La Tribu, The Crying Monkeys),

Joseph Serrato (Solo-Artist, Memphis Train Review, Ruben Ramos and the Mexican Revolution);

Trombone -

Raúl Vallejo ( La Tribu, The Groovline Horns, Jason Mraz),

Ricardo ‘Richie’ Vega (Orquesta Natiao),

Freddie Mendoza,

Kevin Hrabak;

Flute -

Monica Salas (Huerta Culture);

Guitar / Trés -

Gordie Johnson,

Darin Layne (Left of Sunday Afternoon, Gel, The Crying Monkeys)