Mambo Happy: Perez Prado (CD - 1957)

Descripción del Album: This BMG reissue of Perez Prado's 1958 album MAMBO HAPPY! (complete with retro-classic cover art) walks a giddy, irresistible median between technically accomplished Latin jazz and kitschy s.... Leer Más

Descripción del Album: This BMG reissue of Perez Prado's 1958 album MAMBO HAPPY! (complete with retro-classic cover art) walks a giddy, irresistible median between technically accomplished Latin jazz and kitschy showmanship. The cartoon-like horn charts and choral grunts and shouts of "Go!" on the opener, "Go, Go Mambo," or the romantic, swoon-inducing vocals on "Wild Mambo" speak volumes for Prado's commercial footing in the mainstream mambo craze of the time.

But the music overflows with syncopated glee, reveling in irresistible grooves churned up by complex, tight-knit percussion, circular piano and bass motifs, and a blazing frontline of dynamic brass. So while the call-and-response screeches, growls, and yelps on "Broadway Mambo" may give serious Latin jazz fans pause, there is no denying the chops of Prado's orchestra, or the tremendous fun they generate. Reducir