Pete Escovedo

“What’s up, San Francisco? Are you ready to have a good time?” asks timbales player and band leader Pete Escovedo at the beginning of Live From Stern Grove Festival, his terrific new album that captures a live show earlier this year at the legendary 75-year-old San Francisco cultural venue and institution. Escovedo and his band then swing into a breezy rendition of the Tito Puente classic “Picadillo Jam,” and from that moment it’s readily apparent the band can deliver on Escovedo’s promise.

PERSONNEL:

PETE ESCOVEDO, leader, timbales, vocals
JUAN ESCOVEDO, congas, percussion, vocals
PETER MICHAEL ESCOVEDO, drums, vocals
JOE ROTONDI, piano
MARC VAN WAGENINGEN, basss
MICHAEL ALGEL ALVARADO, guitar
MARIO GONZALES, LOUIS FASMAN, tumpet
KERRY LOESCHEN, JOEL BEHRMAN, trombone
MELECIO MAGDALUYO, sax, flute

TRACKS:

01.Picadillo Jam
02. Take Some Time
03. Brasiliero
04. Dance
05. True Or False
06. Solo Tu
07. Fly Me To The Moon
08. Suenos De Los Torreros