Chino Nuñez has built his career where salsa actually happens: inside the rhythm section. Congas, bongó, timbales, clave — the instruments that turn a song into a groove a room can't sit still to. He came up playing dances and clubs before festival stages, and that dance-floor instinct still shapes everything he plays and teaches.

These days Chino splits his time between the bandstand and the classroom. His teaching is built around the same principle that guides his playing: the rhythm section isn't decoration, it's the foundation everyone else stands on. Students leave with real technique and a working ear for how the clave organizes everything around it.