Damaso perez prado biography of michaels
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PEREZ PRADO
The most popular Latin music has always been about dancingthe steps, the beat, la pasión. The Tango, a dance designed with couples in mind, came out of Argentina around the turn of the century with movements, perceived bygd some as suggestive, fueling its popularity. The Samba, a methodical extension of primitive, tribal African dances, developed in Brazil around the same time, reaching its peak during the s and '50s. The Rumba, a musical style compatible with these and other dances, gained favor in Cuba during the '30s and '40s, popularized in the U.S. bygd Spanish-born, Havana-based bandleader Xavier Cugat. Cuban conga man Desi Arnaz made a name for himself in Miami in the late '30s, later performing with Cugat before starting his own grupp in New York and creating a popular Conga line dance. Each of these trends had its own rhythm, usually derived from a combination of the previous styles with some new step or variation in timing to make it stand apart. By th
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Mambo Rock
CD by the king of Mambo, Damaso Perez Prado. Includes 10 tracks: 1. Mambo Rock 2. Guantanamera 3. Fanny Rock 4. Latino Rock 5. Salsa Rock 6. Mariachi Rock 7. Pata Pata 8. Chicago Rock 9. Cuban Rock Baby Rock Larry Paxton Bass, Tuba David Briggs Keyboards Pérez Prado Main Performer, Piano Gary Primich Harmonica Don Cobb Mastering Harry Friedman II Executive Producer David Ferguson Engineer Alan Messer Photography Dick Reeves Art Direction John Willis Guitar Denny Purcell Mastering Pat McLaughlin Guitar, Vocals, Mandolin, Harmonica Larry Knechtel Keyboards Ben Keith Dobro, Guitar (Steel), Producer Michael Wilson Photography Ray Ganucheau Guitar Lenny Jorns Bass Steve Turner Drums, Percussion Jelly Roll Johnson Harmonica Carlo Nuccio Drums Gene Eichelberger Mixing -BIOGRAPHY- Universally known as the King of the Mambo, Pérez Prado was the single most important musician involved in the hugely popular Latin dance craze. Whether he actually created the rhythm is somewhat
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Mambo (music)
Cuban music genre
Mambo is a genre of Cuban dance music pioneered by the charangaArcaño y sus Maravillas in the late s and later popularized in the big band style by Pérez Prado. It originated as a syncopated form of the danzón, known as danzón-mambo, with a final, improvised section, which incorporated the guajeos typical of son cubano (also known as montunos). These guajeos became the essence of the genre when it was played by big bands, which did not perform the traditional sections of the danzón and instead leaned towards swing and jazz. By the late s and early s, mambo had become a "dance craze" in Mexico and the United States as its associated dance took over the East Coast thanks to Pérez Prado, Tito Puente, Tito Rodríguez and others. In the mids, a slower ballroom style, also derived from the danzón, cha-cha-cha, replaced mambo as the most popular dance genre in North America. Nonetheless, mambo continued to enjoy some degree of popularity into the