Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
Context
Pérez Prado, a Cuban pianist and bandleader based in Mexico City, recorded this mambo, which reached number one on the U.S. charts in 1955. It tied him durably to the mambo in popular culture.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban, Modern big bands. Among the origins and influences of Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban: Afro-diasporic roots, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).