José Torres (musician)

José Torres
José Torres in 2007
Background information
Born	(1958-09-19) September 19, 1958 (age 59)
Years active	1982 – present
Website	www.torres.com.pl

José Torres (born 19 September 1958, Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban-Polish musician and percussionist.

A graduate of the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music, Torres was a founder of the first Polish salsa orchestra under the name José Torres y Salsa Tropical. From the very beginning of his stay in Poland (except for a period of several years), he has lived in Wrocław. He has a wife Iza and sons Tomasz (drummer for Afromental) and Filipa. He authored an autobiography: Salsa na wolności (ISBN , Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2006).