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Mambo Gee Gee 1950-1951 (CD)

By: Tito Rodriguez (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Mambo Gee Gee 1950-1951 (CD) Album By Tito Rodriguez (Artist)
1   SUN SUN BABAE  
2   YA SOY FELIZ  
3   BAILALA HASTA LAS DOS  
4   MAMBO WITH KILLER JOE  
5   POP'N MAMBO  
6   LA RUMBA NO SE ACABO  
7   EL MAMBO  
8   EL MAMBO HOP  
9   MAMBO GEE GEE  
10   LA RENTA  
11   EARTHQUAKE  
12   MAINA, GO!  
13   ARDENT NIGHT  
14   CHIQUI-BOP  
15   MAMBO LA LIBERTAD  
16   PIEL CANELA  
17   CHEN-CHER-EN-GUMA  
18   EL RINCONCITO  
19   PONLE LA MONTURA AL POTRO  
20   HABANECUE  
 

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Personnel: Tito Rodriguez (vocals, guitar, vibraphone).

Along with Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez helped perfect the big-band mambo creations of Machito and Perez Prado. Rodriguez had a slightly smoother sound than Puente, showing more of an affinity for jazz via many swinging horn charts; it was a winning musical blend that brought Rodriguez fame from mambo's epicenter in the '50s, New York's Palladium, to cities throughout the U.S. and Latin America. The fine reissue compilation Mambo Gee Gee includes 20 tracks from the early part of the bandleader's successful run, covering the years 1950-1951. With a four-trumpet front line, piano, and Afro-Cuban rhythm setup of timbales, congas, and bongos, Rodriguez works through a program of mostly mambos, while including a few bolero numbers for variety (these "Latin ballads" would figure more prominently into his set during the late '50s and early '60s). Highlights include signature, smooth-groove mambos like "Ya Soy Feliz" and "Chen-Cher-En-Guma," more charged, percussion features such as "Mania, Go!," and the melancholic bolero "Ardent Night" (this last cut was penned by pianist Gilberto Lopez, who contributes most of the album's excellent charts). The ensemble is augmented with trombones and saxes for four highly engaging numbers by bandleader Billy May and revered Latin jazz composer Chico O'Farrill (reflecting a trend in New York mambo outfits, Rodriguez here enlists the talents of jazz soloists Eddie Bert and Billy Byers). An excellent Rodriguez title that would serve as a fine introduction to the mambo maestro's extensive catalog. ~ Stephen Cook

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