The Blackout All-Stars
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

The Blackout All-Stars was a one-off 1994 Latin
supergroup Supergroup or super group may refer to: * Supergroup (music), a music group formed by artists who are already notable or respected in their fields * Supergroup (physics), a generalization of groups, used in the study of supersymmetry * Supergroup ...
consisting of
Ray Barretto Raymundo "Ray" Barretto Pagán (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent. Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well as Lati ...
,
Sheila E. Sheila Cecilia Escovedo (born December 12, 1957) better known under the stage name Sheila E., is an American percussionist and singer. She began her career in the mid-1970s as a percussionist and singer for The George Duke Band. After leaving t ...
,
Tito Puente Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. (April 20, 1923 – June 1, 2000), commonly known as Tito Puente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer of Puerto Rican descent. He is best known for dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz c ...
,
Tito Nieves Humberto "Tito" Nieves (born June 4, 1959; also known "El Pavarotti de la Salsa") is a Puerto Rican musician who became one of the leading salsa singers of the 1980s and the early 1990s. Born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, and raised in the Unite ...
, Paquito D'Rivera,
Dave Valentin David Peter Valentin (April 29, 1952 – March 8, 2017) was an American Latin jazz flautist of Puerto Rican descent. Life and career Valentin was born to Puerto Rican parents in The Bronx in New York City. He attended The High School of Music ...
,
Grover Washington Jr. Grover Washington Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999) was an American jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with Wes Montgomery and George Benson, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre. He wr ...
, and Tony Pabon. The group released one single, " I Like It" (sung originally by Pete Rodriguez), originally recorded and included in the soundtrack for the 1994 film '' I Like It Like That''. The song's popularity was later renewed due to its inclusion in a
Burger King Burger King (BK) is an American-based multinational chain store, chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida, the company was founded in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida–based res ...
commercial in 1996 and peaked at No. 25 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 the following year.


Other members

*Jose “Ite” Jerez (trumpet) *Luis Disla (baritone saxophone) *William Cepeda (trombone) *Ruben Rodriguez (bass)


Discography

;Singles *1994/1996: " I Like It Like That" No. 25 U.S.


References

* Latin jazz musicians Musical groups established in 1994 Musical groups disestablished in 1994 Jazz supergroups Puerto Rican musical groups American jazz ensembles from New York City 1994 establishments in the United States {{US-band-stub