We Are 1 Somos 1

Rico Martinez grew up in an extremely musical family in the San Francisco Bay Area.  At two years old, little Rico would stand up on stage with his grandfather (Carmelito Velez) playing the maracas in the family Salsa band.  Rico started playing alto and tenor saxophone at nine years old in classical and jazz bands.  At 14, he joined his family's Salsa band where he discovered his voice and continued a legacy of singing like his father and grandfather.  Rico's smooth and commanding R & B voice has been captivating audiences all along the West Coast ever since gracing stages such as American Idol, The Voice and Ex-Factor.

Richelle Scales is a classically trained pianist with a love and passion  for all types of music.  Since the age of 5, Richelle has developed an intricate relationship with the 88s, and as the instrument of choice, uses the piano to express her love for AfroBeat, Hip Hop, Classical Rock n Roll, Reggae and just downright jammin'.  Richelle has been the opening act for several artists including Gil Scott Heron, Robert Glasper. Music Soulchild, and Klymaxx.

Well-traveled musician, born in Texas, and homegrown in the local San Francisco Bay Area, Bo's natural ability - the mastery of his style and technique on the bass - are the evidence of his weighty musical pedigree.  Major European tours with Bill Summers, as well as Don Cherry and MultiKulti, were just a part of the voyage to new worlds of musical expressions for Bo.  Bo's versatility has lit up stages performing with Peter Apfelbaum and the Hieroglyphic Ensemble, Coke Escovedo, Pete Escovedo and Sheila E., the Freaky Executives, Abel Sarate from the Malo band, as well as Strictly Roots, just to name a few.  World Beat, Latin, R&B, Reggae, Funk, you name it - Bo is a multi talented artist of any genre, be it bass or keyboards.

Andrea Jaramillo aka Percuflora, born in Columbia, world traveler, anthropologist, singer and percussionist.  Andrea began her musical odyssey by studying with Afro-Columbian masters as Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, Emilsen Pacheco, La Bogatana, Pedro Crump y El Circulo Dorado, as well as Los Transatlanticos.  After traveling throughout Europe and finally settling in California, Andrea has sung and played percussion with Dinora Klinger Band, Grupo Raizes and Maya Latin Roots.  Currently, Andrea is singing and playing percussion with We Are 1 Somos 1.  Percuflora, Andrea's solo project, continues to perform in California venues.