Salsa Clasica
Salsa Clasica is a hard-core Salsa 10 Piece Band dedicated to the playing of "CLASSIC" Salsa from the 60's, 70's and 80's. We also play some contemporary and original pieces. Some of the names below may be of former or free-lance musicians.
1. Cholo Rivera: Leader / Timblales / 2nd Vocals
2. Eddie Mendez: Flute / 2nd Vocals
3. Fernando: Lead Singer
4. Frankie: 2nd Singer
5. Piano: Varied free-lance Musicians ... Some of our past pianists have been Alex Beauchamp, Pete Rivera, or used "Afro" Allende on Tres. We are presently using a piano virtuoso from Uruguay, Sebastian.
6. Bass: George
7. 1st Trombone: Varied free-lance Musicians ... Some of our past Trombonists have been Mike Engstrom, "Expedito", and Orlando Oquendo. We presently use Freddy.
8. 2nd Trombone: George Velez / co-leader
9. Conga: JR
10. Bongos: Unfortunately, I just received the tragic news that our bongosero, German Vega, passed away on August 2, 2009. He was a master of his instruments (bongo/cowbell), a veritable encyclopedia of “Salsa”. He was an excellent source of information and his collection was phenomenal. He was one of the greatest, friendliest persons you could ever meet. We will all miss him tremendously. This is truly a devastating loss in the Salsa field. But I know he’s up there, as a driving force, with his cowbell, jamming with the greatest. To hear one of his bongo solos, go to the link “Highland Park Pics” on left side menu. God Bless him and may he rest in peace and “Clave”, Eddie