Trombonist Chris Washburne and his band S.Y.O.T.O.S. was founded in 1992 and features some of the best Latin jazz players from New York City. SYOTOS, an acronym coined by Washburne meaning See You On The Other Side, pushes the genre of Latin Jazz into uncharted waters with a postmodern mix that embraces dissonance, weaving contemporary up-tempo beats with a driving sound. This boundary-breaking band exemplifies Latin jazz with a global reach, combining Afro-Cuban, funk, jazz, gospel, and contemporary classical music - “think Tito Puente meets James Brown meets Charles Ives!" TimeOut New York calls the group “a Latin jazz institution" as they held the longest running Latin jazz gig in New York, performing weekly for 20 years straight. The band's members are alumni from the bands of Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, and Ray Barretto and they continue with the foundations inherited by those Latin music greats, pushing the genre in the 21st century. The New York Times raves “SYOTOS plays with fire and erudition!"