Mambo Loco
Mambo Loco
CD
(Mambo Loco 0001),
Released 2008;
Editor's Pick:
What a great little project of tasty salsafied mambos, cha cha chás and jazzy charangas. The band interprets covers like Rafael Hernandez' "Cachita," and "El Cumbanchero," "Noro Morales"Maria Cervantes, Miguel Matamoros' "Lágrimas Negras," Mark Levine's "Serengeti" and the Africando classic, hard driving, "Yay Boy" composed by Pap Seck.
"Long Island based Mambo Loco has been together for four years. Larry Belford, conga and lead vocal, has performed with The Bad Street Boys, Grupo Facinacion, Johnny Pacheco, Charlie Rodriguez, Celia Cruz and Tito Puente. On keyboards, melodica and vocals, Berklee graduate Bill Smith performed with Monty Alexander, Blood Sweat & Tears, and Dr. John. Puerto Rico native Alfredo Gonzalez on trombone, violin, percussion and vocals, was a member of Orquesta Mulenze, and in NYC performed with Manny Oquendo y Conjunto Libre. Berklee alumnus and band leader Wayne Burgess (bass and vocals) is a longtime pro who has performed with The Drifters, The Coasters, Johnny Martinez Orquesta and Billy Ekstine. Mambo Loco performs an impressive array of Latin classics which originated in Puerto Rico and Cuba during the golden age of the 1940s to the 1960s. The rhythms run the gamut from danzon and bolero to guajira and mambo."
Also with sax players Julie Bluestone, John Pinto, and Mark Gatz (also flute), and violinist Steve Shaugnessy. A whole lot of fun, highly danceable and...
Highly recommended. (BP, 2008-02-13)
Song titles include:
Cachita
Serengeti
Cancion Del Alma
Pare Cochero
Maria Cervantes
El Cumbanchero
Lagrimas Negras
Yay Boy
Musicians include:
Bill Smith Piano, background vocals
Larry Belford Percussion, lead vocals
Wayne Burgess Bass, background vocals
Alfredo Gonzalez Trombone, violin
Juan Pinto Tenor sax
Julie Bluestone Alto sax
Mark Gatz Tenor sax, flute
Steve Shaughnessy Violin
Category: Salsa/Son
=> Salsa
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