"Mambo" is a 1938 danzón nuevo ritmo by Arcaño y sus Maravillas. It was composed by the band's cellist/multi-instrumentalist Orestes López.[1] The piece includes a final section with syncopated montunos which would give rise to the mambo music genre popularized by Dámaso Pérez Prado and others.
Personnel
- Antonio Arcaño (replaced by Eulogio Ortiz on 1951 recording) – flute
 - Jesús López – piano
 - Israel "Cachao" López – double bass
 - Orestes López – cello
 - Miguel Valdés – viola
 - Enrique Jorrín – violin
 - Elio Valdés – violin
 - Fausto Muñoz – violin
 - Félix Reina - violin
 - Antonio Sánchez "Musiquita" – violin
 - Ulpiano Díaz – timbales
 - Eliseo Martínez – tumbadora
 - Gustavo Tamayo – güiro
 
References
- ↑ Roy, Maya (2003). Músicas cubanas (in Spanish). Tres Cantos, Spain: Akal. p. 249.
 
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