Pablo Sanhueza and his Orchestra returns to Blue Room, Saturday, April 8th to celebrate El Rey del Timbal. Pablo Sanhueza is "Kansas City's Heart & Soul of Latin Music" and the region's premier Salsa & Latin Jazz percussionist and bandleader. As a bandleader, Sanhueza brings the charisma and precision of the Maestros of the Mambo and Big Band era. In 2019, Sanhueza presented his apprentice musicians and veteran collaboration project to an audience of nearly 40,000. Sanhueza has hosted the longest running salsa & latin jazz nights of record in the Midwest at the Blue Room located at 18th & Vine Kansas City. Sanhueza is a master artist for the Missouri Traditional Arts Apprentice program, has worked as Music Director for Tito Puente Jr. and was the featured jazz presenter at the Missouri Bi-Centennial Celebration August 9, 2021 in Columbia and the Charles Mingus Centennial Jazz Festival in Nogales, Arizona on April 23, 2022.