Conjunto Liberacion

Introduction: Conjunto Liberacion is an 11-piece salsa band comprised of musicians of many different ethnic backgrounds and nationalities, including Panama, Puerto Rico, Mexico, U.S., and Cuba. The band musicians have been working on this project for about 5 or 6 years and originally started as a folkloric Afro-Cuban drumming ensemble. The ensemble gradually evolved into a full salsa band heavily influenced by the New York City sound of the '70s and '80s groups, like Fania Allstars, Sonora Poncena, Gran Combo, and Willie Colon and Ruben Blades. Conjunto Liberacion went this route in order to "fill a void for this style in the Sacramento and surrounding vicinity areas." The band members all grew up listening to salsa in their various hometowns. That experience has led them to also love playing and sharing their passion for salsa music. The band is led by Hector Conde (timbales) and Marco Valle (congas) with Eddie Vidales (bass), Doug Matson (piano), Leo Servin (vocals and percussion), Ness G. (vocals), Ted Vega (vocals and percussion) and backed by the experienced horn section of Mike Breit (trumpet), Dave Metzger (trumpet), Steve Gonsoulin (trombone) and David Bowman (trombone).