Louie Romero y Mazacote
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Saturday, August 13, 2011 | Kaiser Permanente Salsa Stage | 2pm
Mazacote is the hard-swinging, old-school salsa group of 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."
Louie Romero has appeared on five gold records and two platinum. Born in Brooklyn, he began playing percussion at the age of seven, inspired by his father Juan. Louie began appearing on the New York salsa scene in the 1960s. In 1967, famous trombonist and bandleader Willie Colón asked Louie to join his band after seeing him perform at New York's Broadway Casino.
Recently, the band released the album Timbalero. The album is filled with soulful and danceable salsa, cha-cha, latin jazz, Cuban guajira, and bomba — and is receiving rave reviews from dancers, DJs, and music critics alike.
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“…[a] happening cast of musicians who bring it all up to date with modern ideas and skill." —Jesse "Chuy" Varela, KCSM FM Music Director
genre: salsa dura
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