S2 E77 - Tony Cintron

Drum Channel Podcast

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Drum Channel East. The Bronx is in the house today! My guest Tony Cintron, is best known as both a percussionist and drum set player. A native New Yorker Tony has recorded and toured with many of the best in the industry playing R&B, smooth-jazz, Latin-jazz, salsa, gospel, pop and rock.

One of Tony’s first big gigs out of New York City was with legendary vocalist Roberta Flack at Carnegie Hall, sharing rhythm section duties with bassist Marcus Miller and the late great percussionist Ralph MacDonald. That experience led him to gigs with R&B singers Phyllis Hyman, Angela Bofill, Audrey Wheeler, Lisa Lisa, Phil Perry, and more.

In the early eighties, Tony became a band member of the group Unlimited Touch, which had a few dance hits, especially “I Hear Music in The Streets,” which hit number six on the Dance charts in 1981, and was later sampled by producer Sean Combs (Diddy) in 1999 for the Faith Evans song "All Night Long.”

Let’s Welcome, Tony Cintron to Drum Channel.