"Mambo" is a 1938 danzón nuevo ritmo by Arcaño y sus Maravillas. It was composed by the band's cellist/multi-instrumentalist Orestes López. 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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