Career
He led the 14-24 piece Latin Big band Azteca. He is the father to musicians Sheila Escovedo (Sheila East), Peter Michael Escovedo (Wayne Brady Show Band), Juan Escovedo and dancer, manager and promoter Zina Escovedo. He is the biological grandfather of Nicole Richie, daughter of son Peter Michael Escovedo.
Long well known in the regional San Francisco Bay Area music scene for several decades, in 2002 Pete Escovedo made a notable national television appearance on the "By the Hand of the Father" episode of the Public Broadcasting Service Austin City Limits program