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"I never envisioned that I'd be doing what I'm doing now," admits Raul Rico, Jr.
conguero and percussionist for the Estrada Brothers. To be sure, Rico, who additionally serves as administrator for the longstanding Southern California Latin jazz sextet, takes note of that his kindred band individuals must be persuaded that they really had an agreement to cut their Milestone make a big appearance, Get Out of My Way.
"I'm essentially the mentor and the specialist for the band," Rico clarifies. "Also, they didn't trust this was truly happening until we got off the plane in Oakland and were really recording in the Fantasy studio in Berkeley."