Mambo (1938 song)

"Mambo" is a 1938 danzón nuevo ritmo by Antonio 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

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