More Information About Willie Gomez con Cache Orchestra

Description

Born in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Willie Gomez has played professionally in Chicago since 1975. A graduate of Northeastern University under Dr. Ronald Combs in Vocal Music performance, he has made audiences dance nonstop ever since. He has been honored to open for and play alongside some of Latin music greats such as Celia Cruz, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Willie Rosario, Willie Colon and Hector Lavoe, Jimmy Bosch, Bobby Valentin, Cano Estremera and Eddie Palmieri. Gomez enjoys playing Latin tropical rhythms and specializes in salsa, mambo, Latin jazz, merengue and cha cha cha. The band arrangements include original songs, and the music of Hector Lavoe, Ismael Miranda, Cortijo, Ismael Rivera, Ray Barreto and Eddie Palmieri, to name a few.

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The HotHouse Center for International Performance and Exhibition (C.I.P.E.X.) is celebrating its eighteenth year presenting multi-arts events and showcasing high caliber artists from throughout the world. HotHouse believes in the value of progressive cultural programming with a focus on local, national, and international artists whose work would otherwise remain under-recognized and isolated. HotHouse chooses to position themselves at the margin of the mainstream, and seeks to promote the widening of the cultural marketplace in Chicago.