Pete Escovedo

Pete Escovedo is a main force in Latin music because the past due ’60s, and his versatility has led to success in a number of regions of music, from Latin jazz and salsa to rock and roll and Latin pop. Developing up in Oakland, California, Escovedo was encircled by music throughout his child years. His dad sang with some Latin big rings. Pete performed the saxophone in senior high school and quickly turned to vibes. When pianist Ed Kelly required a percussionist, Escovedo discovered his phoning. He and his more youthful sibling, the past due Coke Escovedo, both created quickly as percussionists and became significantly popular for gigs in North California. Using their youngest sibling Phil Escovedo playing bass, the Escovedo Brothers Latin Jazz Sextet was created. The group split up in 1967 when Carlos Santana employed both Pete and Coke for his Latin rock and roll group. After touring with Santana for another 3 years (he offers rejoined him several times since), Pete and Coke founded the 14-piece Latin big music group Azteca, documenting two albums for Columbia. When the music group grew to 24 users, it became very costly to keep jointly, even though the music was quite amazing. After that, Pete provides performed within a many configurations including with such notables as Herbie Hancock, Woody Herman, Cal Tjader, and Tito Puente, among numerous others. He began using his girl Sheila E. in the mid-’70s when she was still an adolescent; they first documented jointly in 1976 with Billy Cobham and also have worked together often since. Since Azteca, Escovedo in addition has often led his very own Latin jazz music group, occasionally also including his various other kids Juan, Peter Michael, and Zina. Pete Escovedo provides recorded being a head for Illusion (co-leading schedules with Sheila E.) and Concord (including their Crossover, Picante, and Vista subsidiaries). He kicked off 2013 using the huge music group Live from Stern Grove. While his two sons are in the lineup, so can be luminaries such as for example pianist Joe Rotondi, and trumpeters Louis Fasman and Mario Gonzales. The established also includes visitor shows from Sheila E., saxophonist Dave Koz, guitarist Ray Obiedo, and trumpeter Arturo Sandoval.