Pacific Mambo Orchestra is a Latin dance music orchestra based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Their debut album was released in October 2012, and they received a Grammy Award for the album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.
History
The Pacific Mambo Orchestra was founded in 2010 by Mexican Pianist Christian Tumalan and German Trumpeter Steffen Kuehn, and is a 19-piece Latin Big Band orchestra that plays salsa, Latin Jazz, cha cha cha, bachata, and other Latin music. In 2012 they crowd-funded their first album, the self-titled 'Pacific Mambo Orchestra', through Kickstarter. They were nominated for a Grammy Award in the "Best Tropical Latin Album" category for their album, and they won the award in 2014 at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. The group subsequently released the albums "Live from Stern Grove (San Francisco) " in 2017, and "The III Side" in 2020.
Discography
Pacific Mambo Orchestra (2012) "PMO Intro" by Christian Tumalan "El Cantante" originally by Rubén Blades and arranged by Mike Rinta "Overjoyed" originally by Stevie Wonder and arranged by Aaron Lington "La Ambicion" by Christian Tumalan "Cuando Estoy Contigo" by Steffen Kuehn and Mike Rinta "Mr. 5.0" by Steffen Kuehn and arranged by Aaron Lington "Bolero Cocomo" by Aaron Lington, lyrics by Alexa Weber Morales "Muevete Con Prisa" by Aaron Lington "Querer Como Ayer" by Christian Tumalan "Bolero Cocomo (Instrumental)" by Aaron Lington
Album Credits: Steffen Kuehn: Arranger, Composer, Director, Lead, Producer, Soloist, Trumpet Christian Tumalan: Arranger, Composer, Digital Editing, Director, Engineer, Mixing, Piano, Producer
Carlos Cascante: Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Vocals Armando Cordoba: Maracas, Vocals Willy Torres: Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Vocals Kenny Washington: Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Vocals Alexa Weber Morales: Lyricist, Vocals
Braulio Barrera: Bongos, Campana Javier Cabanillas: Congas, Shekere Carlos Caro: Guiro Tommy Igoe: Drums, Featured Artist, Guest Artist Omar Ledezma Jr.: Timbales Christian Pepin: Congas Karl Perazzo: Featured Artist, Guiro, Timbales
Abe Gumroyan: Bass Jorge Pomar: Bass
Gene Burkert: Alto Saxophone Soloist Pete Cornell: Lead Alto Saxophone, Soloist Evan Francis: Tenor Saxophone, Flute Soloist Aaron Lington: Arranger, Composer, Baritone Saxophone Tony Peebles: Tenor Saxophone, Soloist Doug Rowan: Alto Saxophone Benny Torres: Tenor Saxophone
Ryan Black: Trombone Jeff Cressman: Soloist, Trombone Jaime Dubberly: Trombone Mara Fox: Trombone Derek James: Lead, Trombone Mike Rinta: Arranger, Composer, Soloist, Trombone
Henry Hung: Trumpet Louis Fasman: Lead, Trumpet Jeff Lewis: Trumpet Larry Lunetta: Trumpet Tom Poole : Trumpet Jonathan Ruff: Trumpet
Camilo Landau: Guitar (Electric) Ray Obiedo: Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Guitar
Marcos Torres: Engineer Steve Feasley: Engineer Michael Lazarus: Mastering
Jack Eastgate: Artwork Vanessa Ayala: Graphic Design
Awards and nominations 2014 Grammy Award for "Best Tropical Latin Album"
References
External links Official website