Umbrella term for popular dance and hybrid music style, developed in the 40's and 50's. 1. The musical section that evolved in the late 1930's and 1940's from the Nuevo Ritmo of the Danzón. 2. An up tempo Afro-Cuban musical style that evolved in the 1940's and 50's as a blending of the Mambo section, elements of the Son and some influences of American Jazz orchestras. 3. A section of an arrangement usually following or developing from the Montuno section featuring new arranged (or sometimes improvised) material such as Moñas in the horn section. 4. The Afro-Cuban dance of the same name popularized in New York and sometimes called Salsa.
(1) An up-tempo dance style, developed through the 1940s and '50s, that blends several elements of North American instrumentation and harmony with elements of the son and other Cuban genres. (2) The section added in the 1940s to the danzón form that featured a call-response pattern between instruments as well as improvisation.
A fast latin dance, similar to Salsa, which comes from Cuba. Mambo was brought to America in the 1940's and 50's and eventually adapted as an American style ballroom dance. Most of the movements emphasize the second beat in the measure, suggestive of the Clave rhythm which is fundamental to Mambo music. See also: [ Clave | Salsa ] Baile latino de ritmo rápido, similar a la Salsa, originario de Cuba. El Mambo fué introducido en América en los años 40 y 50 y adaptado al estilo Americano de baile de salón. La mayoría de sus movimientos enfatizan el tiempo 2. El sugestivo ritmo de la Clave es fundamental en la música de Mambo. Véase también: [ Clave | Salsa
Most commonly referred to as a repeating section of a song, also known as montuno. It is often mistaken for a specific type rhythm or song form. The dance done during this part of the music also became known as the mambo.
An up–tempo dance rhythm typically 190+ bpm. All four beats are evenly accented. Member of the son rhythm group. It was the mainstay rhythm of the Latin big brass bands during 1940s. Some believe that it originated from a section of the danzón. It is also Congolese for "trouble".
The mambo first appeared under the name Diablo (Devil), when the tres player Arsenio Rodríguez incorporated elements of the son montuno into the danzón (at the time called Ritmo Nuevo) This new style was marked out by the tumbadora, the piano's syncopation and the trumpets playing jazz, while the tres highlighted the rhythm. Other musicians took the same road, such as the pianists and arrangers René Hernández and Emilio "Bebo" Valdés, but it was the pianist and orchestra director Dámaso Pérez Prado who mastered the mambo synthesis, freeing the montuno of the ritmo nuevo parts, making it totally independent. The rhythm is syncopated. The saxophones play the syncopations, the trumpets the melody and the double bass the accompaniment together with the tumbadoras and the bongos. Pérez Prado, known as the "Mambo king", made various recordings in Mexico for the RCA-Victor, in which the influence of swing is particularly evident.
The name given by Arcaño to the final syncopated section of the 'Danzon del Nuevo Ritmo'. Characterised by repeated instrumental unison riffs against a hard driving percussion section and over a dominant 7th chord, this style was later popularised by Pérez Prado in Mexico and the US.
( mahm boh) is a Cuban music and dance derived from the Danzon and the Son. Arsenio Rodriguez, the great Cuban guitarist and composer is credited with inventing the style, which combined elements of Jazz harmony and instrumentation with a moderate to fast tempo Cuban tumbao (tume bau). Mambo became popular in this country during the late 40's and early 50's through the music of Prez Prado the "Mambo King" with compositions like "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" and "Marilyn Monroe Mambo". Cal Tjader added momentum to the movement in the late 50's through the 70's with albums like "Mambo with Tjader", "Ritmo Caliente" and "Soul Sauce" featuring Cuban muscians Mongo Santamaria and Armando Peraza. Today, Mambo is the rhythm which drives Salsa and Latin Jazz. Mambo is also a term used to refer to that section of a tune which features repeating, layered horn lines. Sometime the term is used to refer to a conga drum rhythm more correctly known as tumbao or marcha. Spanish is the language of Mambo.
One of the first questions I usually hear when discussing Mambo is how it should be pronounced. I use the common musical pronunciation of "( mäm' bÅ)". I have never seen this discussed but this glossary could help finally put the question to rest
music originating in Cuba
an Afro Cuban dance in 4/4 time with heavy accents on two and four
Dance of Afro-Cuban origin with a characteristic quadruple-meter rhythmic pattern.
modern Cuban popular dance music; an instrumental big band style
1. The section added to the danzón form (in the 1940s) which featured an open vamp and instrumental improvisation. 2. An up-tempo dance style, developed through the 40s and 50s, which blended several elements of North American instrumentation and harmony with elements of the Cuban son .
The section of an arrangement which features new material, including layered horn lines called moñas.
An Afro-Cuban form that came out of the Conolese religious cult. The big band mambo of the 1940s and 1950s developed characteristic contrasting brass and sax riffs, which many musicians regard as stemming from the last section of the guaracha.
up-tempo, mostly instrumental Afro-Cuban dance music evolved from danzón; from a Congo word designating a sacred song, a prayer, or a Congo priest.
Mambo is a Latin dance of Cuban origin that corresponds to mambo music. It is rhythmically similar to the slower bolero, though it has a more complex pattern of steps. The saxophone usually sets the syncopated rhythm, while the other brass carries the melody.