Louie Romero y su Mazacote

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Louie Romero, Manny Martinez, Hector Lugo, Derek James, Jorge Pomar, Steffen Kuehn, Carlos Aldam, Pete Cornell, Carlos Aldama Perez, Silvestre Martinez, Peter Meredith

Born in Brooklyn, Louie began playing percussion at the age of seven, inspired by his father Juan. Louie began appearing on the New York salsa scene in the 1960’s. In 1967, famous trombonist and bandleader Willie Colón asked Louie to join his band after seeing him perform at New York's Broadway Casino. He played with Willie for 10 years. Louie is also renowned for his work with, Rubén Blades, Celia Cruz, Ron Carter, and other salsa and jazz stars in his native New York. He has appeared on five gold records and two platinum records....

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sanjosejazz.org
Louie Romero, Manny Martinez, Hector Lugo, Derek James, Jorge Pomar, Steffen Kuehn, Carlos Aldam, Pete Cornell, Carlos Aldama Perez, Silvestre Martinez, Peter Meredith

Born in Brooklyn, Louie began playing percussion at the age of seven, inspired by his father Juan. Louie began appearing on the New York salsa scene in the 1960’s. In 1967, famous trombonist and bandleader Willie Colón asked Louie to join his band after seeing him perform at New York's Broadway Casino. He played with Willie for 10 years. Louie is also renowned for his work with, Rubén Blades, Celia Cruz, Ron Carter, and other salsa and jazz stars in his native New York. He has appeared on five gold records and two platinum records.

Louie formed Mazacote, - the hard-swinging, old-school salsa group in 1984., 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.

Recently, the band released the album Timbalero. Its title track is a fresh take on Louie’s classic 1972 recording of the song with Hector Lavoe and Willie Colón. The album -- filled with soulful and danceable salsa, cha-cha, Latin jazz, Cuban guajira, and bomba, is receiving rave reviews from dancers, DJs, and music critics alike.

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