FOUNDED IN 1997 BY PERCUSSIONIST GILBERTO “NIÑO” GARCIA, THE LATIN JAZZ KNIGHTS HAVE MADE A REPUTATION FOR THEMSELVES AS ONE OF THE LEADING LATIN JAZZ BANDS IN FLORIDA. A FEW RECENT APPEARANCES  INCLUDE THE CLEARWATER JAZZ HOLIDAY, THE CASTLEBERRY LATIN JAZZ AND ART FESTIVAL AND THE LES DEMERLE AMELIA ISLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL. THE LATIN JAZZ KNIGHTS HAVE WOWED LISTENERS WITH A DIVERSITY OF WORLD MUSIC. WITH THEIR SOUL-FULL MIX OF AFRO-CARIBBEAN RYTHMS AND AMERICAN STANDARDS IN JAZZ AND RYTHM & BLUES, THE LATIN JAZZ KNIGHTS DELIVER A WORLD CLASS EXPERIENCE.