GRUPO SON
Adios Carmelina
Guarare
Son
is
the acoustic music from the Cuban countryside that is considered to be
one of the primary roots of modern salsa. It is typically played on the
tres (cuban style guitar), guitar, bass, bongo, clave, maracas,
trumpet,
and vocals.
Grupo Son is
a Seattle based group consisting of:
Fred Hoadley
– tres guitar, coro
Originally from New England, Fred studied music at Hampshire College
and Berklee College of Music, where his teachers included Jaki Byard,
Vishnu
Wood, and Charlie Banacos. He founded the Seattle salsa band Bochinche
in 1983, and produced the band’s first album, Ahora Bochinche. After
leaving
Bochinche in 1990, Fred toured nationally with the West African band,
Kukrudu,
and founded the Seattle based Afro-Cuban jazz band, Sonando, whose 1994
and 1998 releases received critical acclaim around the country. His
love
of latin music brought him to Cuba in 1983, 1990, 1993, and 1996, where
he studied piano and arranging with Cesar Pedroso and Nelson Diaz, and
Cuban tres guitar with Antonio Perez and Jorge Boulet. He currently
plays
piano and tres in Yerba Buena, The Savoy Swing Band, and Sonando.
Freddy Vilches – lead vocals, guitar, percussion
Freddy’s voice provided the power behind the Eugene based bands,
Caliente and Sandunga. Originally from Santiago, Chile, Freddy began
singing in the Chilean Opera Children’s Choir. His studies include the
Conservatorio Nacional de Musica in Guayaquil, Ecuador, classical
guitar studies with Christian Montes in Santiago, Chile and the
University of Oregon in Eugene. His professional career began in
Santiago with the folkloric ensemble, Resumen. He sings a wide variety
if latin music from Andean folk music to salsa, and is currently
performing with Expresión Latina, Matices, and Almandina.
Miguel Garrido– bass, coro
Miguel Hails Montevideo, Uruguay, where he learned to play the bass in
his father’s orchestra at age 12. After singing in rock bands and
studying the double bass, he moved to Spain, where he performed in a
Brazilian trio. A few years of trio work in Madrid led to a larger
group called Batuke, which toured Europe and North Africa. After
Batuke, Miguel worked Spain’s Costa Blanca circuit before moving to
Seattle. He has been playing Latin and Brazilian Jazz in the Northwest
since joining Sonando in 1990. He has performed and recorded with
Sonando, Evolution, Urban Oasis, Beija Flor, and others.
Ernesto Pediangco – bongos, percussion
Ernesto is a professional percussionist with twenty years of experience
in live performance and studio recording. A native of Seattle, he began
his career in local jazz and dance clubs. Since then he has extensively
toured the United States, Canada and the Bahamas, with The Seattle
Rhythm Band, Bochinche, and Expresión Latina. Ernesto also designs
Latin percussion instruments. Utilizing specially designed hardware his
designs improve the sound quality of percussion instruments.
Pete Wilson – trumpet, coro, clave
Pete began his music studies at age seven on the piano, switching to
trumpet when he was nine. After graduating magna cum laude with a B. A.
in Music Education from college in 1976, he recorded and toured the
western U. S. and Canada with Clear Logic, a rock show band,
playing trumpet, flute, keyboards, guitar and singing background and
lead vocals. In the 1980's he played trumpet for the Seattle Seahawks
football team for seven seasons. He has taught music in the
public schools of Snohomish for the last 17 years while continuing to
play professionally in a number of local bands, including Expresion
Latina, Grupo Son and Matices.
Contact: Fred Hoadley, 1617 California Ave. SW, Seattle, WA 98116
(206)937-7301, fax 937-9775
Contact
Grupo Son