LATIN AMERICAN MODEL

Mickey Taveras is a Dominican , artist of great renown, born in
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on 29 of September, musically
recognized in the salsa genre. The son of Raul Almanzar and
Modesta Taveras attended the primary school Andrés Bello in Moca.
These studies helped him later to perform his own musical
arrangements and to realize his compositions. He stood out as a
soloist and he interpreted the songs of the great artist Pedrito
Fernandez who was his idol as a singer since his childhood and
today he still admires him.
At the age of 12, he formed a band that played Spanish Rock, Vieja
Ola and Ballards. The band was called Los Pícaros de Moca and
had as members other infantile talents of the city of Moca. When he
was 14, he formed his first band called Variedades Musicales, which
also played merengue music. At the age of 15, he was part of a
band which played Jazz, Bossa Nova, Blues and Classic Ballads in
English. Taveras learned much personally and musically from Mr.
Freddy Tejada, a great Dominican musician, Maestro of saxophone,
flute and piccolo. This group was rooted in Puerto Plata, the
beautiful city at the atlantic coast.