Pete Escovedo
✓ Source-basedrisingMexican-American jazz musician and percussionist
Peter Michael Escovedo Jr. is an American percussionist.
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…When I was a kid, I didn’t know what I was going to do. Even when I started playing music, I had no idea that I would get to this point in my professional life…
On whether Escovedo knew he had staying power as a musician in “Pete Escovedo: Rhythms of Life” in Jazz Times (November 23, 2017)
That did it for me, the applause, the vibe…I said, “that’s it man, that’s what I want to do. Forget the art.
On switching to music after an apprenticeship at an advertising agency in “Still drumming at 82, Latin Jazz legend Pete Escovedo pens
Family is very important to me because my own family was so disruptive ... Me and my brothers and sister were like ping pong balls, we didn’t know where we would end up.
On his chaotic upbringing in “Still drumming at 82, Latin Jazz legend Pete Escovedo pens memoir” in East Bay Times (August 27, 2017)
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