Music on the Square: Mazacote - Salsa

Last Friday Night Concert... Warm Up for Salsa Festival on the 28th!

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.
http://www.mazacote.com/

More info at: http://www.redwoodcity.org/events/musiconthesquare.html

Redwood City's Music on the Square concert series runs every Friday through September 27th. Along with Music on the Square, other exciting FREE events in Downtown Redwood City include: Movies on the Square on Thursdays, Classical Concerts, Shakespeare in the Park, a new Kid’s Concerts Series on Sundays named Kidchella, as well as special outdoor exhibits featuring Art on the Square. Full details at http://www.RedwoodCityEvents.com

Redwood City and Music on the Square is proud to be supported by the following sponsors:
Shops On Broadway, Budlight / Shiner Wild Hare Ale, Downtown Business Group, Peninsula Infiniti, Redwood General Tire, Sakura Teppanyaki & Sushi, San Mateo Credit Union, Rocket Fuel, Kaiser, Fox Theater, La Honda Winery