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Is there any sunnier music than the mambo? From it’s origins in the 1940’s to it’s latest versions, the mambo has had us moving happily for decades! Take a dancing stroll through memory lane with classics from Perez Prado and Celia Cruz to New Orleans takes on the venerable mambo to Tucson, Arizona’s Orkesta Mendoza fabulous Mexican Mambo to NYC and Cuba’s Orquesta Akokan’s recent refreshment of the mambo, all on this week’s Beat Latino!
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Mambo Dance no. 2 | Pacific Mambo Orchestra | Live from Stern Grove San Francisco. | Pacific Mambo Records | 2017 | 03:28 |
| Que rico Mambo | Orquesta Perez Prado | Pérez Prado y Su Orquesta. | Meta/ Vocación Musical | 2013 | 03:14 |
| Mambo caliente | Bebo Valdes | 24 chansons de Bebo Valdes. | Brisa Records2 | 14 | 02:42 |
| Mambo Remedio | K-meleon | Tango de Paname. | Ca Kmeleon | 2009 | 03:52 |
| Mambo influenciado | Sandy Gabriel | Jazzeando. | Jazzeando | 2011 | 06:11 |
| Mi Mambo pide campana | Luisito Orbegoso & Moda eterna | Lula Lounge Essential tracks V1. | Lula Lounge Records | 2012 | 04:31 |
| Mambo Rapidito | Orquesta Akokán | Orquestra Akokán. | Daptone Records | 2018 | 03:19 |
| Mambo | Tropkillaz | Mambo. | Elemess | 2015 | 02:58 |
| Mambo Lupita | Orkesta Mendoza | Mambo Mexicano. | – | 2009 | 04:15 |
| Mambo | Cachao y su Combo | Mambo. | José Luis Álvarez – Svetlana Novojilova Shulguina | 2010 | 05:02 |
| Mardi Gras Mambo | The Meters | Modern Art of Music: Only the Best. | Modern Art of Music: Only the Best | 2012 | 02:41 |
| El Cumbanchero | Angel Melendez The 911 Mambo Orchestra | Angel Melendez The 911 Mambo Orchestra. | Latin Street Music Inc | 2004 | 03:45 |
| Mambo con Puente | Tito Puente | The Mambo King. | Goldstar Records | 2017 | 03:02 |
| Mambo del amor | Celia Cruz | Celia Cruz. | Goldstar Records | 162 | 02:56 |
| Que no se acabe el mambo | José Peña Suazo y la Banda Gorda | Puro Mambo. | Musical Productions | 2014 | 03:44 |
feature photo: Orquesta Akokan at National Sawdust, by Alex Cascone