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Refimprove|date=December 2010 Infobox musical artist| name = Azteca| background = group_or_band| origin =| genre = Latin rock / jazz fusion | label = Columbia Records|Columbia / Sony Music Entertainment|CBS Records | associated_acts = Santana, Journey, Bad English, Hardline, HSAS, Planet Us, Paul Rodgers| years_active = 1972-unknown Azteca was an United States|American Latin rock / jazz fusion group formed in 1972, started by Coke Escovedo and his brother Pete Escovedo , who had just finished stints with Latin rock pioneering band Santana (band)|Santana . Azteca was the first large-scale attempt to combine multiple musical elements in the context of a Latin orchestra setting, and featured horns, woodwinds, multiple keyboards, three vocalists, guitars, drums, and multiple Latin percussionists.
Onstage, the band consisted of between 15-25 members, and toured with acts including Stevie Wonder . Other notable Azteca alumni included drummer Lenny White , bassist Paul Jackson (bassist)|Paul Jackson , vocalist Wendy Haas , trumpeter Tom Harrell , guitarist Neal Schon , vocalist Errol Knowles and percussionist Victor Pantoja . The group was also a musical starting point for Latin percussionist Sheila E. (the daughter of Pete Escovedo), who appeared with the band as a teenager. Two albums were released on Columbia Records , the self titled Azteca (album)|Azteca (1972) and Pyramid of the Moon (album)|Pyramid of the Moon (1973), before the band split up.
On September 15, 2007, a number of the surviving members of Azteca performed together for the first time in more than thirty years in Hollywood, California . The concert was recorded for an eventual DVD release.
Discography
Azteca (LP, 1972) U.S. #151 http://allmusic.com/artist/azteca-p10081/charts-awards/billboard-albums Billboard, Allmusic
http://www.peteescovedo.com/ Pete Escovedo website
http://www.myspace.com/aztecaband Azteca MySpace site
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