The Cincinnati-based Latin music ensemble Son del Caribe is widely acknowledged by both dancers and listeners as the top salsa band in Ohio, with an exciting, energetic, eclectic and very danceable pan-Caribbean, pan-American sound that includes not only salsa but also such styles of Latin dance music as merengue, cumbia, son, bomba, plenas and bachata as well as newer musical hybrids like reggaeton. Son del Caribe is led by the versatile trombonist Jaime Morales, a top salsa musician from Puerto Rico who has played alongside such Latin music legends as Eddie Palmieri and Gilberto Santa Rosa. The multi-faceted Morales is an assistant professor of music at Miami University, acclaimed classical composer, conductor (he worked regularly with the Dayton Philharmonic in 1996-1999) and arranger. The popular 11-member Son del Caribe performs regularly at Latin dance clubs, concerts, community events and music festivals in Cincinnati, Dayton and throughout the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana tri-state area.