Mambo Te Llama by Orchestra Mambo International - ATA Records [ATA034] FLAC download included with physical items
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Mambo Te Llama

Orchestra Mambo International

A 2 track salsa single (7m 36s) — released May 3rd 2024 on ATA Records

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Orchestra Mambo International a 12-piece UK ensemble play classic salsa, mambo and cha cha cha inspired by Latin music legends like Tito Puente, Machito, Eddie Palmieri, Ray Barretto, Tito Rodriguez and the Fania All-Stars. Featuring musicians from Venezuela, Colombia, Cuba, Spain and the UK who are based in the north of England and have played with salsa, jazz, funk and soul artists such as Joe Bataan, Tito Allen, The New Mastersounds, Oscar D'Leon, Matthew Halsall, Snowboy & The Latin Section, Bobby Matos, Larry Harlow, Dave Valentin, Grupo X, Salsa Celtica and The Haggis Horns.

Mambo Te Llama is an uptempo Latin dance track inspired by legendary New York Puerto Rican band leader/percussionist Tito Puente. The mambo genre evolved in 1930s Cuba and spread to Mexico and New York in the 1940s via expat Cuban musicians such as Perez Prado and Mario Bauza. By the mid-1950s, the mambo music and dance craze had swept the world. The epicentre was New York and it's king was Tito Puente. Orchestra Mambo International keeps the flame alive for mambo with this fiery new single, a combination of punchy brass and Afro-Cuban rhythms and featuring great piano, trombone and conga solos.

Del Callejón" is another mambo, this time a slower one and featuring vibes alongside solos on timbales, trombone and trumpet. In the 1950s, Tito Puente and West Coast USA Latin jazz musician Cal Tjader popularised the vibes in Latin music, where it often features in mambo music but also cha cha cha, Latin bugalu, Latin jazz and salsa music. This Orchestra Mambo International original tune pays homage to the classic mambo vibes style and is another composition written by band leader/trombonist Jonny Enright, with words by lead singer Carlos Pachanga" Peña.

Brilliant - Gilles Peterson BBC6, WorldWideFM

***** These two tracks are super hot old school mambo salsa bangers, def recommended. Real Latin music played by real musicians, a rarity these days. Can't wait for the 45 vinyl! - DJ Bongohead Peace & Rhythm Records (USA) + Wax Poetics - USA

**** Bring on the sunshine! - John Osbourne Jazz FM

Superb - Simon Hodge BBC 6 Music - producer Craig Charles show

**** Very nice and excellent mambo for dancers. I will be playing it on www.WorldSalsaRadio.com on my show "El Condado De La Salsa y Jazz Latino" on a Friday and in two weeks at "Alma Del Barrio" on a Saturday between 2-6pm (Pacific time) - DJ Nelson Rodriguez World Salsa Radio - Los Angeles, USA

***** Top notch Latin Bigbandedness with UK Latin Champ DJ Lubi on board, it's gotta have that 100% Mucho Sabor! Recommended and 5 Stars! - Paul Murphy Jazzroom Records

Spot on recreation of a classic sound/era - Mike Chadwick Soulandjazz.com

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