...is Pequeña Fuga y Mambo by the Rayko León quintet and Carlos Alemán. This song appears on the Canarian pianist's 2021 album En clave de rumBach.
Osvaldo Hernández: timbales Rayko León: piano Wichy López: trumpet, flugelhorn Fofi Lusson: double bass Alberto Valdés: congas, güiro |
...is Cha-Cha-Cha Pa'Ca by Orquesta Akokán featuring Carolina Oliveros. This song appears on the Cuban-American collective's new album Caracoles.
...is Tu rica boca, a rumba-mambo by Aurelio Machín made famous by Lola Flores and reinterpreted by Las Migas.
Las Migas perform tonight in Auditorio José Antonio Ramos, Parque Doramas, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
...is Mambo from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story performed by Katia and Marielle Labèque (pianos), Raphaël Séguinier (drums) and Gonzalo Grau (percussion).
...is Clarinete y Bombardino by Brighton-based Voodoo Love Orchestra, from their debut album Amor y Muerte (Movimientos Records).
Sweden had ABBA. Finland has BABB: The Bad Ass Brass Band! This week's song is Oso polar, from the band's truly bad-ass eponymous album.
...is ¿Quién será? composed and recorded in 1953 by Mexican Pablo Beltrán Ruiz. Its English version, Sway, was made famous by Dean Martin the following year. The song was covered by numerous artists, from Cliff Richard to Björk and Jennifer Lopez, and remains as (if not more) popular today as 60 years ago.
The videoclip from Escuela de vagabundos (1954) featuring Pedro Infante.
...is Mambo Jambo, aka Que Rico el Mambo, performed by the legendary Xavier Cugat and his orchestra.
This song was performed by Louis Armstrong, Stan Kenton, Duke Ellington, Fania All-Stars and Bebo Valdés, to name just a few. According to Wikipedia, El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor), written by Moisés Simons, "is possibly the most famous piece of music created by a Cuban musician." Since its first performance by Rita Montaner in 1928, El Manisero has been recorded more than 160 times! Perhaps the best known version is the one by Don Azpiazú and his Havana Casino Orchestra, featuring Antonio Machín.
Cuba Te Llama, from the album Night of the Living Mambo by Mamborama. (According to founder Bill Wolfer, he came across the name "Mamborama" in Vienna but since has discovered that Tito Puente had an album by the name of Mamborama! back in '50s.)
Kirill
Orquesta Anacaona, Cuba's oldest all-girl dance band, was founded in 1932 by the sisters Castro (not related to Fidel). It was named after the Indian Queen, Anacaona. Thanks to this publication in Times Online, you can enjoy some of the songs recorded back in 1937. All of them are great but my choice is Oh! Marambé Maramba.
Kirill
... is Dame Cinco by MamboMania. Music by Ludwig van Beethoven (Fifth Symphony), even though the credits say 'Musique and arrangement Marc Vorchin'.
Siempre estoy pensando |
etc. By the way I found the link to this track here.
Kirill
