专辑简介

Make way for the mambo, the fast and furious below-the-border beat. The basic principle consists of a Cuban montuno with variations, a two-three-four step rhythm and a name derived from Afro-Cuban slang… the result is a universal dance favorite. By being one of the first arrangers to fashion standard melodies into a mambo framework, Richard Maltby has helped to perpetuate its popularity. In this album, Richard Maltby and His Orchestra present a sparkling collection of mambo interpretations… everything from all-time favorites and classic forms to startling innovations. There is the smooth and sophisticated, marimba-enchanted To A Wild Rose Mambo and the sprightly Latin version of Intermezzo, plus the ever-smiling Chiu, Chiu to which an ad lib vocal chorus has been added. A famous Hawaiian song, a lilting waltz and the lovely, enduring Angel’s Serenade have also been dressed in twentieth-century raiment. And to top them all, the Maltby crew swings out with the brash but brilliant, maracas-happy and exhilarating Maximambo… it is tricky and tempestuous, but it is the maximum in mambo – the most, in ‘Mambos by Maltby.’