Cuban bandleader Damaso Perez "Prez" Prado was still riding high on the massive success of "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White"--the top pop hit of 1955--when he entered a Hollywood studio to cut this swingin' tribute to the capital of Cuba. While the album didn't produce any hits, it may well be the finest full-length recording of his career. Prado leads his orchestra (which includes such renowned players as trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, saxophonist Rene Bloch, and drummer Leo Acosta) on a cavalry charge through a number of Cuban and Latin American classics, including "Besame Mucho," "Baia," "Peanut Vendor," and "La Comparsa," finishing up with eight impressionistic minutes of "Mosaico Cubano." Listen once, and you'll fully understand why they called him King of the Mambo. --Dan Epstein
Product Description
Recorded in Hollywood, Ca in 1956. Digitally Remastered.
Havana 3 a.m.,Perez Prado,RCA Intl,Big Band Latino,Cuba,Latin,Latin Music,Mambo,Salsa/Merenge,Tropical
Latin Music:
- Historias de Amor, Vol. 1
- I Like It Like That, Vol. 2 [Soundtrack]
- Juan Gabriel en el Palacio de Bellas Artes
- La Biblica Cantada Para Ninos
- Las Consagradas Del Rock & Roll
- Las Mezclas Mas Perronas
- Latin Cruise [Import]
- Lo Esencial Yolanda del Rio
- Lo Nuestro 2004 [Import]
- Los Grandes Corridos
Latin Music
Rockin All Over the World/Hello/on the Level [Import]
Virtuoso French Organ Music - Jennifer Bates
Waylon & Willie [Original recording remastered]
We Are Just as Welcome [Import]
Worship Collection: Awesome God