Israel “Cachao” López was the father of mambo, but it was fellow Cuban Dámaso Pérez Prado who turned mambo into a world craze, thanks to his stirring live performances and recordings in the ’50s. Fast-forward 63 years, and Tucson, Ariz.’s Sergio Mendoza (Calexico, DeVotchKa) and his seven-piece big band honor mambo fever with 2012’s Mambo […]
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