Israel Tanenbaum

Israel Tanenbaum-Rivera (born March 7, 1961) is a Puerto Rican pianist, record producer, composer, arranger and audio engineer who has produced more than 50 albums and participated in over 100 recordings. Tanenbaum has performed with many of the classic salsa artists and bands such as Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez, Marvin Santiago, Daniel Santos, Tommy Olivencia, Cheo Feliciano, Batacumbele, Santitos Colón, Orquesta Mulenze, Brenda K. Starr, Lalo Rodríguez, Ednita Nazario, and Roberto Roena, for whom he became Musical Director in 1986. In 1988, with a successful career as a pianist, Tanenbaum moved to Colombia from his native Puerto Rico and joined (as the producer, pianist and arranger) Guayacán Orquesta, one of Colombia’s premiere salsa...