Live Salsa : Mazacote
Thursday, July 8th 2010
18 & Over / $12
Show Starts @ 10 PM
Mazacote is the hard-swinging, old-school salsa group of legendary percussionist Louie Romero, who came to fans. attention as the longtime timbales player for famed salsero "El Cantante" Hector Lavoe.
Louie has appeared on five gold records and two platinum records and is also renowned for his work with Willie Colón, Rubén Blades, Celia Cruz, Ron Carter, and other salsa and jazz stars in his native New York.
Born in Brooklyn, he began playing percussion at the age of seven, inspired by his father Juan. Louie began appearing on the New York salsa scene in the 1960s. In 1967, famous trombonist and bandleader Willie Colón asked Louie to join his band after seeing him perform at New York's Broadway Casino. Louie was soon playing with the best musicians from salsa's famed Fania record label, including Hector Lavoe and Ruben Blades. When Colón's band broke up in 1977, Louie continued playing with other Fania groups, eventually recording over 20 albums for the label. He then expanded into folkloric music and jazz, playing with greats like Paquito D'Rivera.
Louie moved to California in the 1980s, seeking a change of pace. In 1994, he formed Mazacote, which quickly gained a reputation as one of San Francisco's finest salsa bands. Based in San Francisco, Mazacote plays a crowd-pleasing, high-energy mixture of classic salsa favorites and original latin jazz tunes. It.s no wonder that Latin Beat magazine called Mazacote "one of the premier salsa ensembles in Northern California."
Mazacote's 4th performance @ The Grad - Thursday, July 8 2010
For Directions : http://davis.salsa-night.com
Be sure to join us at the weekly party,
every TUESDAY & THURSDAY night @ the Davis Grad
Thursday, July 8th 2010
18 & Over / $12
Show Starts @ 10 PM
Mazacote is the hard-swinging, old-school salsa group of legendary percussionist Louie Romero, who came to fans. attention as the longtime timbales player for famed salsero "El Cantante" Hector Lavoe.
Louie has appeared on five gold records and two platinum records and is also renowned for his work with Willie Colón, Rubén Blades, Celia Cruz, Ron Carter, and other salsa and jazz stars in his native New York.
Born in Brooklyn, he began playing percussion at the age of seven, inspired by his father Juan. Louie began appearing on the New York salsa scene in the 1960s. In 1967, famous trombonist and bandleader Willie Colón asked Louie to join his band after seeing him perform at New York's Broadway Casino. Louie was soon playing with the best musicians from salsa's famed Fania record label, including Hector Lavoe and Ruben Blades. When Colón's band broke up in 1977, Louie continued playing with other Fania groups, eventually recording over 20 albums for the label. He then expanded into folkloric music and jazz, playing with greats like Paquito D'Rivera.
Louie moved to California in the 1980s, seeking a change of pace. In 1994, he formed Mazacote, which quickly gained a reputation as one of San Francisco's finest salsa bands. Based in San Francisco, Mazacote plays a crowd-pleasing, high-energy mixture of classic salsa favorites and original latin jazz tunes. It.s no wonder that Latin Beat magazine called Mazacote "one of the premier salsa ensembles in Northern California."
Mazacote's 4th performance @ The Grad - Thursday, July 8 2010
For Directions : http://davis.salsa-night.com
Be sure to join us at the weekly party,
every TUESDAY & THURSDAY night @ the Davis Grad
