2 Salsa Bands for the Price of One at the Elbow Room, San Francisco

Back 2 Back Salsa Bands at The Elbow Room!!

Tuesday March 24, 2009 9:00PM – 12:30PM AM

The Elbo Room
647 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA

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Oriente brings their Afro-Cuban salsa con sazon and Bay Area Latin Rock groove band Los Cochinos brings that retro early Santana sound to cook up a zesty stew at the Elbo Room in San Francisco's Mission District.  Come out and break up your week and dance to salsa and Latin rock beats!

Oriente plays at 9:00, Los Cochinos at 11:00

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About Oriente:

The Oakland, California-based band offers up an enticing mix of contemporary salsa and traditional Afro-Cuban styles, including son, danzón, guajira, mambo, and cha-cha-chá.

Their repertoire includes original compositions as well as songs from the books of Eddie Palmieri, Marc Anthony, the Afro-Cuban All-Stars, Willie Colón, Tito Puente, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, and Buena Vista Social Club.

The ensemble includes vocals, violin, flute/saxophone, trombone, piano, tres/guitar, bass, conga, timbales and bongó.

About Los Cochinos:

Growing up in San Francisco, brothers Ron and Alfonso Partillo were influenced by local bands such as Santana, Malo, War, El Chicano, Azteca, and Journey.  Having come from a musical family, the brothers started playing music together in the early 80's.  They continued on their musical journey and were later discovered by Victor Pamiroyan, manager of Latin legend Pete Escovedo, who recognized Los Cochinos as an up and coming band that is well on its way tosuccess in the Latin rock music scene.

Ron Portillo's talented hands create the Latin flavored songs on the keyboard and Alfornso creates the melodies on his guitar with feeling and passion.  Together, they create a special sound that has been compared to the early sound of Santana, Malo and other Latin Rock style bands.