DJ Vinnie Esparza
The consummate professional, DJ Vinnie Esparza has been a fixture on the San Francisco DJ circuit since 1994. He has been named “Best Local DJ” by both SF Weekly and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. As a resident of a long list of parties including Hella Tight, Free Funk Friday, Dub Mission, and Colombia!, Vinnie has got deep experience and a deep LP collection that keeps the crowd moving non-stop. Like his cohort B Cause, Vinnie is a seamless mixer – one minute you are dancing to some funky soul, the next minute to a classic and insistent Latin tune, and the following to a bouncy Brazilian Samba, and you just can’t leave the dance floor.
We are talking about a guy who has had the honor and pleasure to open for such acts as Tito Puente, Jamiroquai, Lee Perry, Bebel Gilberto, Mongo Santamaria, The Meters, Jimmy Smith, Eddie Palmieri, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Scientist, Brother Jack McDuff, Greyboy All Stars, McCoy Tyner, Lee Fields and The Abyssinians among others!!!
Besides his DJ work, DJ Vinnie is co-owner of Dis-Joint Records and helps run the world famous record store Groove Merchant Records.He began his career in music at college radio station KZSC in Santa Cruz, California where he served as Music Director, a member of the station governing board and on-air personality between 1990-1994. His knowledge of music runs deep (as XCLAN would have it, “deeper than Atlantis”), and if you had all day to just sit and read Facebook, you would learn a lot just following his consistent music postings. If like most of us you don’t have all day, check out DJ Vinnie Esparza ‘s Friday Five.
Vinnie plays Olde Soul at Casanova Lounge and Treat ’Em Right at Elbo Room (both with DJ B Cause) and Colombia! at Elbo Room and Coda (with DJs Guillermo and Beto). Come check him out and taste the smooth, smooth flavor.
