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Release Date: 07-03-2004
Label: Rough Guides
Catalog Number: RG1136-2
Barcode: 605633113624
Musical Style: World
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mambo Rage; Snowboy & The Latin Section [04:02] | 10 | Mambo Costanzo; Jack Costanzo [04:07] |
| 2 | Mambo Lenko; Tito Puente & His Orchestra [02:57] | 11 | La Vos Del Caribe; Eddie Palmieri [05:21] |
| 3 | Mambo; Mario Bauza [04:02] | 12 | Mambo Ay Ay Ay; Xavier Cugat & His Orchestra [02:35] |
| 4 | Mambo Macumba; Cal Tjader [02:11] | 13 | Ritmo Pa' Gozar; Machito & His Orchestra [02:41] |
| 5 | Mambo Coco; Noro Morales & His Orchestra [02:42] | 14 | Ican; Poncho Sanchez [06:00] |
| 6 | I Don't Speak Spanish…(But I Understand Everything When I'm Dancing); Bobby Matos & John Santos [06:43] | 15 | Chiquilla Ideal; Manny Oquendo & Libre [06:07] |
| 7 | Night Of The Living Mambo; Mamborama [04:02] | 16 | Que Se Sepa (Tabaco Y Ron 'Ta En La Casa'); Orquesta Tabaco Y Ron [04:36] |
| 8 | Mama Y Tata; Pérez Prado & His Orchestra [02:58] | 17 | Mambo No. 5; Fruko Y Sus Tesos [02:40] |
| 9 | Sasuama; Bebo Valdés Y Su Orquesta Sabor De Cuba [02:19] | ||
Review:
Four stars (****) - Songlines
Description:
With its origins in Cuba and hugely influenced by the New York dancehalls and orchestras, mambo’s driving rhythms and swinging horns are an original and distinctive Latin dance sound. With a golden age in the 1950s, mambo’s retro chic is more popular than ever today – especially on the salsa scene where dancers eager to check out frantic mambo rhythms can expand their feet skills. The Rough Guide To Mambo is an exceptional collection from the great originators and pioneers, such as Pérez Prado, Machito and Tito Puente who developed mambo history, to today’s mambo artists, such as Snowboy and Mamborama, whose exploration is reinventing the genre.
