Mambo Inn

Machito & His Afro-Cubans · 1949 (year to be confirmed)

Context

Mambo standard associated with Machito's orchestra and its musical director Mario Bauzá. The liner notes of the compilation "Mambo Mucho Mambo – The Complete Columbia Masters" (recordings from 1951-1957) call it the national anthem of mambo music.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban. Among the origins and influences of Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban: Afro-diasporic roots, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Tanga (1943)
• Sopa de Pichón (1941)
• Tin Tin Deo (1957)

Sources

• musicweb-international.com

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