Mambo Mucho Mambo: The Complete Columbia Masters

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Full performer name: Machito & His Afro-Cuban Orchestra. Personnel: Machito (vocals, maracas); Graciela, Los Hermanas Rgual (vocals); Mario Bauza (arranger, trumpet); Mitch Miller (oboe); Lenny Hambro, Gene Johnson, Leslie Johnakins, Jose Madera, Freddie Skerritt (saxophone); Frank Davila, Ed Medina, Bobby Woodlin (trumpet); Eddie Bert, Vern Friley, Fred Vito (trombone); Rene Hernandez (piano); Ubaldo Nieto (timbales); Bobby Rodriguez, Jose Mangual (bongos); Luis Miranda (congas). Producer: Machito. Compilation producer: Jerry Rappaport. Recorded in 1951-52. Includes liner notes by Joe Conzo. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Personnel: Machito (maracas); Gene Johnson , Lenny Hambro, Fred Skerritt, Jose Madera, Leslie Johnakins (saxophone); Frank Davilla, Edwin Medina, Mario Bauza (trumpet); Eddie Bert, Vern Friley (trombone); Rene Hernandez (piano); Luis Miranda (congas); Jose Mangual, Bobby Rodriguez (bongos); Ubaldo Nieto (timbales). Liner Note Author: Joe Conzo. Recording information: 02/01/1951-11/13/1952. Though he was only there for a year, Machito recorded a lot of solid mambos for Columbia, and they're all collected here, along with a few light novelties that never should've made it out of the '50s. Tracks like "Holiday Mambo," "Carambola," and "Amalia los Invita" are infectious, energetic jams, the brassy orchestra following Machito's every move with precision and strength. Still, there aren't as many seminal recordings here as on a collection of late-'40s material like Mucho Macho. Of the novelty fare, the trad-pop vocal chorus on "Mambo a la Savoy" is downright putrid, though it's easily over-powered by the Afro-Cuban Orchestra on the choruses. ~ John Bush
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