Vicente Lebron, Congas and Percussion

Vicente Lebron has been playing congas, timbales and percussion since he was boy growing up in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. At home he began his career with Rafael Mancevo and such important Dominican musicians as Rafael Solano and many others.

Vicente moved to New York in 1971, playing with such luminaries as Johnny Pacheco, La Lupe, Mongito El Unico (Ramon Tian), Isidro Infante. In 1974 he came to Boston, and was one of founders of the Latino music scene in Boston with Los Bravos de Boston, La Orquestra El Elegua, Livio Rosaria and the Pabon Family. Over the last quarter century, he has also played with Jorge Arce from Puerto Rico, Ibrahima Camara from Senegal, Cadima Jubango from the Congo and as leader of his own groups Sabor Latino and Grupo Panamericano. Vicente has taught Afro-cuban music at Berklee College with Giovanni Hidalgo, and at many schools and colleges in the Boston area.

Vicente began playing gigs with E/O leader Russ Gershon in 1998, and joined the E/O in 1999, creating a spectacular drum tandem with Harvey Wirht.