A Latin tribute to Michael Jackson | Tony Succar | TEDxFIU

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Assembling an exceptional production team and international artists, Tony Succar '08, MA '10 has created the UNITY Project, a collaboration that fuzes American pop, jazz, tropical, and world music using Michael Jackson's music.The UNITY album's first single, "I Want You Back" was No. 3 on Latin DJs' top songs list after only one week on the air.

A bandleader, percussionist, producer, composer and arranger, Succar is a diverse artist who has played with musical greats such as Arturo Sandoval, Néstor Torres, Tito Nieves and La India. "Manipula Dora," the first salsa song Succar wrote, took first place on the show "Salsa y Punto." He is currently the director of "Tony Succar y Mixtura;" the orchestra performs a unique blend of traditional influenced latin music with modern variations.