Orquesta Bakan LIVE at Jelly's, San Francisco
March 20, 2009 by Salsa Crazy San Francisco
Filed under This Week in SF Salsa
Orquesta Bakan LIVE!!
Sunday March 22nd, 2009
Jelly's Havana Cafe
295 TERRY FRANCOIS BLVD.
PIER 50, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94158
415.495.3099
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Doors open at 4:00pm
Band Plays at 5:00 pm
Cover: $10.00
Enjoy Live Salsa Bands & Great Cuban Barbeque!!
About Orquesta Bakan:
This high-energy Orquesta consists of some of the finest musicians in Northern California.
A nice blend of experienced, and up and coming young talent is reflected in their showmanship.
On vocals are, Victor "Cafe" August and Fernando “Nando” Wilkins. On Trumpets, Tom Bertetta and John Ruff. On Bari Sax, Peter Cornell, and on Trombones Doug Beavers, and Mike Rinta. Christian Tumalan on Piano, and Carlos Ramirez on Electric Bass.
Eric Mendez on Timbales, Sean Zuniga on Congas, and Director Jose Guaman on Bongos/Vocals. Each member brings the flavor of his country ranging from Puerto Rico, Panama, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Chile, and the USA.
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Mazacote LIVE at Jelly's Havana Cafe, San Francisco
September 7, 2008 by Salsa Dance San Francisco
Filed under Salsa Dance News in San Francisco, This Week in SF Salsa
Mazacote Playing LIVE at Jelly's Havana Cafe
Sunday, September 7th 2008
Cover: $10.00
*21 and over for all dance events*
Jelly's Havana Cafe
295 Terry Francois Street | Pier 50 | San Francisco | CA 94158 | 415.495.3099
About Mazacote:
Mazacote is the hard-swinging, old-school salsa group led by legendary percussionist Louie Romero, who came to fans’ attention as the longtime timbales player for famed salsero “El Cantante” Hector Lavoe. Louie 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.
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.
