"Family is very important to me because my own family was so disruptive ... Me and my brothers and sister were like ping pong balls, we didn’t know where we would end up."
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People from CaliforniaJazz musiciansDrummers from the United StatesHispanic AmericansMexican Americans
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On his chaotic upbringing in “Still drumming at 82, Latin Jazz legend Pete Escovedo pens memoir” in East Bay Times (August 27, 2017)
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