Willie Ruiz

Salsa trumpeter, vocalist, percussionist, keyboardist, engineer. CEO and founder of Grand Slam Productions. Furthered his music education at Kingsborough Community College and later obtained his B.A. from Lehman College. During this time, he began playing professionally with local New York Salsa Bands at the time such as Ray Baretto, Adalberto Santiago, Larry Harlow, Rafael De Jesus, Conjunto Classico, Fasinacion, and Tito Allen to name a few. During this time, he reentered Lehman College and achieved his M.A.T. in Music Education.