Justo Almario, tenor saxophone

Born: in Sincelejo, Colombia

First international exposure: at age 16, as part of the group Cumbia Colombia which traveled to Miami, Florida as part of a cultural exchange program with the United States

Has performed with: musicians such as Roy Ayers, Claudio Roditi, Victor Brazil, Tito Puente, Machito, Mario Rivera, Charles Mingus, Hilton Ruiz, and the Duke Ellington Band, among others.

Formed groups like: Koinonia (with Alex Acuña and Abe Laboriel) in 1980 as well as Tolú (with Acuña, Luis Conte, Arturo Velasco, Harry Kim, and Otmaro Ruiz) around 1981. Tolú would later be featured on the PBS series “On Stage L.A.”

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