Contents: Tanga (Machito and the Afro-Cubans) (3:52) -- Manteca (Dizzy Gillespie and his orchestra with Chano Pozo) (3:09) -- The peanut vendor (El manisero) (Stan Kenton and his orchestra) (2:48) -- Mango mangüé (Charlie Parker with Machito and his Afro-Cuban orchestra) (2:58) -- Mambo (Machito and his Afro-Cuban orchestra featuring Charlie Parker) (3:18) -- Mambo beat (Tito Puente) (4:12) -- Mambo Inn...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2002
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ LATRobbins, Dean
Summary: "Millie danced to jazz in her Italian neighborhood. Pedro danced to Latin songs in his Puerto Rican neighborhood. It was the 1940s in New York City, and they were forbidden to dance together... until first a band and then a ballroom broke the rules. Machito and His Afro-Cubans hit the scene with a brand-new sound, blending jazz trumpets and saxophones with Latin maracas and congas creating...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021