LPT

LPT is a 10-piece orchestra delivering salsa music with their high-energy live shows. Formed in 2015, the crew realized that playing salsa music was a way to share the diversity of the area with a new, young audience, while still giving the seasoned salsa veterans a taste of that old school. LPT are becoming the new ambassadors of Salsa music in the Southeast, using the music to bridge gaps between cultures. Dancing and joy has no owner and LPT is well-poised to reinforce the freedom, love and inclusion at the heart of Salsa music and in the hearts of all that enjoy the shows.

Celebrating 10 years of delivering salsa, LPT, the Jacksonville, FL-based 10-piece has been igniting stages wherever they turn up. The group captivated their local music scene with a hard-hitting yet danceable brand of salsa and has become one of the most dependable and highest drawing acts in their home market and beyond. They reach their milestone decade with new music and a good reason to celebrate.
The group will toast their anniversary by releasing a new single of original music every month from February to October 2025, at which point the songs will be compiled and released as a completed third album, AGUA. It’s been an amazing ride, so far with tours that have taken the group from New York to New Orleans, and seen the group open for the A-list headliners like Santana, Pit Bull, and Trombone Shorty. Ten years fly by when there is dancing involved.
LPT made its debut in 2015 in a small coffee shop in the Riverside neighborhood of Jacksonville. The space was just big enough to hold the then septet. The show was a hit from the downbeat, with the standing-room-only crowd requesting the next date immediately. The band set up a monthly standing Thursday night gig in the back room of Rain Dogs in Five Points and played there until the room no longer held the crowds that showed up.
LPT eventually grew to a full ten-piece orchestra and, while still able to squeeze into the tight stage at Rain Dogs, bigger stages came calling and continue to do so today. With some of Northeast Florida’s most talented and sought after musicians in the melee, LPT makes every show an unforgettable experience for all who attend. Post-show social media lights up with first-hand accolade as soon as the last note rings out. LPT says that the energy from the audience has been a motivator from the first show.
They recorded (2019) and released (2020) their debut album, Sin Parar, comprised of nine original compositions that range from the intricate to the downright jaw-dropping salsa songs. The album won the Best Latin Album of the year at the 18th Annual Independent Music Awards. It was a blazing debut, critically acclaimed and released just in time for…a global shut down!
Not a group to sit idle, in 2021, LPT followed up with their sophomore effort, Se Quema El Mundo, written in depths of the pandemic and released as the world was coming out of quarantine. The live shows resumed with the same raw energy, but the show became more polished and precise. The band has continuously focused on writing original material and delivering jaw-dropping performances that have piqued national attention.
Now in 2025, LPT are the de facto ambassadors of salsa music in the Southeast, using the music to bridge gaps between cultures. Dancing and joy have no owner and LPT is well-poised to reinforce that freedom, love and inclusion is at the heart of salsa music and in the hearts of all that enjoy the shows.

Members:

Milan Algood – Timbales, Vocals
Jonah Pierre – Bongo & Bell
Josué A. Cruz – Lead Vocals
Stan Piper - Bass
Angel D. Garcia – Keys, Vocals
Juan Carlos Rollan – Tenor Sax, Vocals
Mike Emmert – Baritone Sax
Juan Pablo Salvat - Congas
Bryant Patterson – Trombone
Steve Strawley - Trumpet

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