Best of Mondo Mambo

Name: Best of Mondo Mambo
Brand: Rhino (Edel)
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Damaso Pérez Prado was one of Latin music's most inventive bandleaders--literally, as he merged jazz elements with guaracha rhythms, creating the potent concoction known as mambo. The 20-track Mondo Mambo! gets Prado's two biggest U.S. hits, the rather tame "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" (1955) and the ultra-tame "Patricia" (1958), out of the way quickly, the better to serve up track after classic track of blaring horns, deep-dish percussion, and shouted exhortations by the master himself. The great Beny More adds vocals to the beyond-torrid "Babarabatiri" and two other numbers, while Prado lays down some daring Monk-style pianistics on "Pianolo". (The disc also includes Prado's original "Mambo No. 5", which Lou Bega turned into a daffy smash in 1999.) --Rickey Wright

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Release Date:

1995-04-21

Publication Date:

1995-04-21

Publisher:

Rhino (Edel)

Weight:

104 g

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