The Susie Hansen Latin Band is a popular Los Angeles-based ensemble playing lively and rhythmic Latin jazz and Salsa. They perform 150 events per year and have a big following. Hansen, a jazz violinist, is the musical director. According to Phil Elwood of the San Francisco Examiner, 'It’s a sizzling, swinging Salsa Band. Hansen can solo as if her bow was afire. The whole room was jumpin’ for joy.' Her music combines hard-driving Salsa, traditional Cuban Charanga, and straight-ahead jazz. The band aims for the feet! As Don Heckman of the Los Angeles Times wrote, 'Hansen was a ball of energy, creating an atmosphere of high voltage excitement.'
