The Cincinnati-based Latin music ensemble Son del Caribe has earned a solid reputation among both dancers and listeners as the top salsa band in Ohio, with an exciting and very danceable pan-Caribbean and pan-American sound that includes not only salsa but also such styles of Latin dance music as merengue, cumbia, son, bomba and bachata as well as newer hybrids like reggaeton. Son del Caribe is led by trombonist Jaime Morales, an assistant professor of music at Miami University, acclaimed classical composer, conductor and arranger and a top salsa musician from Puerto Rico who has played alongside such Latin music legends as Eddie Palmieri and Gilberto Santa Rosa. The popular 11-member band appears regularly at Latin dance clubs, community events and music festivals in Cincinnati, Dayton, northern Kentucky and southern Indiana. Among the band’s many high-profile engagements have been performances at Salsa on the Square in Fountain Square, the Cincinnati Salsa Congress and the inaugural Cincinnati Salsa Festival last summer.