Carlos Santana has a career that moves within a variety of idioms, though he remains a rock musician at heart. Sure, he appears on many jazz fusion records, yet he always puts some of his rock stylings in these proceedings. That makes his collaboration with Herbie Hancock on Monster weird, since you can't really locate much of the rock idiom there. To be honest, you can't find jazz there either. Actually, I am quite happy to hear Herbie Hancock did some LPs, where he discarded his genre and which probably pissed off most of his audience. Nonetheless, there's something admirable about someone like him doing something like this, more musicians should do this more often. And the fact that he convinced Santana for this? Even better.

Sheila E.: Romance 1600 (1985)

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Steven Ralph Arrington (born March 5, 1956) is a singer, songwriter, drummer, record producer, engineer, and minister, who grew up in Dayton. He played in various local bands before joining and touring with The Murphys, a lounge band out of Toledo in 1975. He relocated from Ohio to San Francisco, where he learned Latin percussion and drumming as well as playing with Coke Escovedo, Pete Escovedo, and Sheila E. He joined the funk group Slave on their third LP, called The Concept, in 1978 – originally to play percussion, becoming the drummer and a backing vocalist. He took over lead vocals, singing on the hit singles "Just a Touch of Love", "Watching You" and "Wait for Me". He left Slave in 1982, forming Steve Arrington's Hall of Fame, and had hit singles such as "Weak at the Knees" and "Nobody Can Be You But You". His most successful album was his 1985 solo work Dancin' in the Key of Life, whose title track became a top ten R&B hit. The single spent three weeks at #2 on the dance charts and went to #3 on the Radio & Records R&B airplay chart. "Feel So Real" reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart in May of that year. He was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Best Male Artist of 1986. He experienced a religious conversion, becoming a licensed minister and, he left pop music until his re-emergence in October 2009, when he released the R&B, Funk, spiritual album, Pure Thang. On August 6, 2013, Stones Throw Records released Arrington + Dam-Funk's "Higher". On September 18, 2020, Stones Throw Records released a new solo album by him titled Down to the Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions with the single "Keep Dreamin'". The album recording took place in 2019–2020 in collaboration with a cast of a new generation of talented producers orchestrated with the help of Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf. Producers include DJ Harrison, Knxwledge, J Rocc, Shibo, Jerry Paper, Brian Ellis, Gifted & Blessed, and Benedek. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CpaHQ6eLlJ0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sheila E. Becomes First Female Solo Percussionist on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Sheila E. became the first female solo percussionist on the Hollywood Walk of Fame when her star was unveiled Wednesday, with Ringo Starr by her side. “I am honored, humbled, and blessed to receive this prestigious award,” the musician born Sheila Escovedo told City News Service. “This is a forever moment that I will cherish for the rest of my life.” Grammy and Oscar-winning R&B singer H.E.R.…

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Nicole Camille Escovedo was born to father Peter Escovedo, son of Latin percussionist Pete Escovedo and brother to Prince collaborator Sheila E, and mother Karen Moss in Berkeley, California.

A musician himself, Peter was a member of Lionel Richie's band and they briefly toured together. It was around that time Peter met Nicole's biological mother Karen, a backstage assistant for Sheila E. Nicole was born not long after.

Nicole was actually on-stage at a show with Prince, at just 2 years old, playing a tambourine when Lionel learned that Nicole's family situation was "falling apart." Her parents were having financial and relationship issues, and couldn't properly care for her. He and then-wife Brenda decided to help.

"I think we decided that...what we'll do to kind of give you some stability was we'll be like legal guardians, but nothing more," Richie said.

However he grew more and more fond of little Nicole, returning home after tours to see her. It troubled him that she had "abandonment issues, for obvious reasons" so he told her 'I'm never, ever going to leave you.'"

"Nicole was actually a godsend. She was a little girl who needed a shot," said Lionel. "She was used to people coming and going. She had been handed around to every relative in the family. She looked at me and I'd say, 'I'm not going anywhere.'"

He stated, "It took about maybe a year for me to just fall in love [with Nicole]. Of course, by that time, I was 'Dad'...that's when I said, 'Let's adopt her.'"

And so Lionel and Brenda officially adopted Nicole when she was 9, and she became known as Nicole Richie.

Lionel and Brenda later split though, divorcing in 1993 after it was reported that Brenda "caught" Lionel with fashion designer Diane Alexander.

"Brenda and I went through a very interesting time," Richie mused. "We didn't agree on a lot of things, but we did agree on [Nicole]."

In the beginning, it was a challenge for Lionel to earn Nicole's trust. Despite being at the peak of his solo career, the legendary singer was determined to create stability for Nicole, who inspired him to write his hit song "Ballerina Girl."

For years, Nicole had felt heartbroken that her biological parents had left her, and she wanted nothing to do with them.

Everybody knows that her father is Lionel Richie, but many people skip the small print and miss the fact that she was adopted. And it's a unique story at that - in part because when the adoption was finalized, she was 9 years old - old enough to make sense of the world.

Nicole has publicly struggled with an eating disorder and substance abuse in the past, most notably when she was arrested for heroin possession in 2003.

She told Diane Sawyer in a 2007 interview, "I kind of took matters into my own hands and was creating drama in a very dangerous way. I think I was just bored, I had seen everything - especially when you're young, you just want more."

When Lionel and Brenda went through their bitter public divorce, they compensated by over-indulging Nicole.

"Their way of making me happy was to say, 'yes,' to everything I wanted," she said. "But I don't think a little girl should have that much freedom."

Following the divorce, Lionel remarried and had two more children, Miles and Sofia.

Nicole decided to get her life back on track for her child when she became pregnant.

Though she hadn't been close to her birth parents, she realized during that period she didn't want to keep resenting them, and that, in fact, she wanted them in her life.

Along with her stints on reality tv, including The Simple Life and Candidly Nicole, she was in the 2005 comedy film Kids in America, and has guest-starred on different television shows, as well as being the face of different advertising campaigns.

In 2008, she debuted a jewelry line, House of Harlow, named after her daughter with husband Joel Madden of the rock group Good Charlotte, who Nicole says is "very conservative." Madden has the face of Jesus Christ tattooed on his arm.

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Happy Birthday to Singer and Percussionist Sheila E. and daughter of legendary Latin percussionist Pete Escovedo

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AL AIRE... EN REPETICIÓN "HABLANDO EN CLAVE" con Tommy Thomas Muriel y el Especial PETE ESCOVEDO: RETROSPECTIVA. Esta noche la clave viene importada de Hollywood, celebrando 6 décadas de trayectoria de uno de los patriarcas de la música latina en California. Percusionista, cantante, director de orquesta y artista plástico con un un señor resumé a cuestas (Mongo Santamaría, Cal Tjader, Tito Puente, Azteca, Santana, Herbie Hancock, Lionel Ritchie y siga sumando), Pete Escovedo se ha dado el lujo de tocar de todo y con todo el mundo. Amén de ser el comandante en jefe de una familia musical que incluye entre otros a la mismísima Sheila E. En esta edición especial repasamos su legado y trayectoria junto a todos éstos y al lado de otros virtuosos de la talla de Chick Corea, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, Justo Almario, John Santos, Arturo Sandoval, Ray Vega, Oskar Cartaya, Bill Ortiz y Rebeca Mauleon. ¡Los esperamos, familia! Pueden sintonizar vía nuestras páginas web, móviles, listas de radio , TuneIn y nuestra app actualizada en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=red.simpleapp.herenciarumbera Página web: https://www.herenciarumberaradio.com/ TuneIn https://tunein.com/radio/Herencia-Rumbera-s268720/ Radio Garden http://radio.garden/listen/herencia-rumbera-radio/7vF-acFD Únete a nuestro Canal de Telegram https://t.me/herenciarumberaradio Grupo de Chat Telegram: https://t.me/hrumberachat Listas de Radio Raddios https://www.raddios.com/12968-radio-online-herencia-rumbera-radio-online-lima-peru Radio Box https://onlineradiobox.com/pe/herenciarumbera/ Radios.com https://radios.com.pe/herencia-rumbera My Tuner https://mytuner-radio.com/radio/herencia-rumbera-433815/ Radio Streema https://streema.com/radios/Herencia_Rumbera Radio es https://www.radio.es/s/herenciarumbera #HABLANDOENCLAVE #AQUÍSIHAYTIMBALES #BORICUASTRONG #RAÍCES #GRABAQUETECONVIENE #ELNEGROVOLVIÓ #HACETIEMPOQUEVENGONARRANDOELTAMBÓ https://www.instagram.com/p/CofxffNPPsr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sabías que, hoy cumple 65 años la baterista, percusionista y cantante estadounidense Sheila Cecelia Escovedo, nacida en Oakland, Caifornia, hija y sobrina respectivamente de los percusionistas Pete y Coke Escovedo, ex-miembros de Santana. Más conocida por su nombre artístico Sheila E, comenzó profesionalmente en la banda de George Duke y posteriormente se dio a conocer en los años ochenta a través de sus colaboraciones con el músico Prince quien le produjo y compuso temas como ‘The glamorous life’, ‘The belle of St. Mark’, ‘A love bizarre’ y Sister fate’ (este último, escrito por Sheila). Una lesión de espalda y pulmón motivada al parecer por sus largos años tocando la batería con tacón de aguja la mantuvo un tiempo alejada de la escena pero en los años noventa resurgió colaborando con el cantante pop japonés Namie Amuro y Phil Collins en su versión de ‘True colors’. En el nuevo milenio siguió publicando álbumes y trabajó con Beyoncé, Cyndi Lauper y participó en tres ocasiones con la All Starr Band de Ringo. En 2006 formó un grupo femenino , C.O.E.D. con el que grabó un single ‘Waters of life’ y un CD disponible a través de su página web. En 2007 tocó con Juan Luis Guerra en los Latin Awards y ese mismo año volvió a tocar con Prince en unos conciertos de Minneapolis y al año siguiente en el Coachella Music Festival. En noviembre de 2013 publicó en el Reino Unido su séptimo álbum, ‘Icon’. En junio de 2016 Sheila y The New Power Generation rindieron tributo a Prince en los BETA Awards interpretando un medley de sus hits. Su entrega más reciente fue el álbum ‘Iconic: Message 4 America’ en 2017. @relaxvideobar www.relaxvideobar.com (at RELAX VIDEO BAR) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmF4YwmML7T/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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NEW YORK.- As a percussionist who grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sheila Escovedo would ask visiting bands if she could play with them. Often the answer was negative. “They looked at me like, ‘You’re a girl, go away.’ They waved their hands like ‘get out of here,’” recalls Escovedo. “They said, ‘You’re a girl, you can’t and you won’t and don’t even dream of it.'” Escovedo, fortunately,…

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Prince with Sheila Escovedo and Cat Glover touring Lovesexy in Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1988, my edit of original via esquire. This one’s big, so click to zoom, if for no other reason than to fully appreciate Prince’s Amish pirate halter top.

ringostarrmusic: Peace and love and well done Sheila! First woman in the Modern Drummer Hall Of Fame 👍🌈🎶✌️🌟❤️☮️😎