Cuban Music Band Saoco Playing at Mambo's Salsa Live in Oakland, California - Oakland Salsa Clubs

Amazing Cuban Banda Saoco!

Saturday, November 1 2008

—–Salsa Lesson at 8:30pm—–

—–Band Plays 10:00pm – 1:00am—–

COVER: $15.00

Mambo's Salsa Live

474 Roland Way

Oakland, CA

About Saoco:

Leyder "Dos Four" Chapman was born in Holguin, Eastern Cuba and raised in Havana. He left his family and career as a professional basketball player on the Cuban National Basketball team to pursue the "American Dream". In 2001, bound for the Goodwill Games in Australia with a layover in Los Angeles, he chose to remain in the U.S., knowing he would not be able to see his family or country for at least five years in exchange for the feedom to pursue a life of his own choosing.

Chapman's talent for perfoming started at a young age. Even though he excelled in athletics, he was always dedicated to his love for music and dance, and he continued to develop his skills as a lyricist and composer.

At the age of nine, he began performing in various talent groups in and out of school: dance troops; theater clubs; chorus; and playing percussion. He wrote his first song, "Yo Te Amo Verdad," at age fourteen.

Not until Chapman arrived in Oakland, CA was he able to fully commit his time to creating music and choreographing dance. His entreprenerial spirit drove him first to become a professional dance instructor teaching casino-style salsa classes and rueda workshops. He quickly developed a large following throughout the Bay Area because of his unique, highly energetic teaching style and dynamically infectious performance spirit. He is the founder of the "Estrellas Cubanas" dance group and in 2004, he founded SAOCO, a band specializing in the fusion of Cuban rhythms with popular reggaeton. He also established Elegua Music, his own recording company. His first CD, "La Farandula" was released in lat 2005, and he is currently working on his second SAOCO album scheduled for release in late 2006.