Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1 | Dru me negrita (Ernesto Grenet) | 4:58 |
| 2 | Monte a dentro (Arsenio Rodríguez) | 2:53 |
| 3 | Los Twangueros (Manuel Galbán & Ry Cooder) | 4:40 |
| 4 | Patricia (Pérez Prado) | 3:29 |
| 5 | Caballo viejo (Simón Díaz) | 3:51 |
| 6 | Mambo sinuendo (Manuel Galbán, Ry Cooder & Joachim Cooder) | 2:29 |
| 7 | Bodas de oro (Electo Rosell “Chepín”) | 4:38 |
| 8 | Échale salsita (Ignacio Piñeiro) | 4:26 |
| 9 | La luna en tu Mirada (Luis Chanivecky) | 4:12 |
| 10 | Secret Love (Sammy Fain & Paul-Francis Webster) | 5:49 |
| 11 | Bolero sonámbulo (Manuel Galbán & Ry Cooder) | 4:30 |
| 12 | María la o (Ernesto Lecuona) | 4:16 |
News & Reviews
- Friday, June 5, 2009
Ill Health to Keep Flaco Jiménez from Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe European Tour
It is with great regret that Flaco Jiménez has had to pull out of Ry Cooder and Nick Lowe’s forthcoming European tour on doctor's orders. Due to physical limitations and severe pain caused by herniated discs in his lower back, the Grammy-winning accordionist is unable to travel or perform for the foreseeable future. He is currently undergoing treatment in San Antonio, Texas. The 19-date tour begins on June 11 in Dublin.
- Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Ry Cooder's New Collection of Stories Available on Summer Tour with Nick Lowe
Ry Cooder and Nick Lowe's European tour, scheduled to begin at Dublin's Olympia Theater in mid-June, has now added two nights in London: Sunday, July 5, at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and Monday, July 6, at the Lyceum Theatre. On the tour, fans will have a chance to pick up a piece of Ry's latest literary venture, Los Angeles Stories. The new collection, available only on the tour, comprises what he describes to Stop Smiling magazine, as "LA stories about common people, underclass, oddball folks who live downtown in 1940 or 1950 and work jobs you don’t know or care about, but funny things happen to them.”
About this Album
Mambo Sinuendo, Ry Cooder’s collaboration with Cuban guitar legend Manuel Galbán, hearkens back to a point in the late 1950s when Cuban popular music began to hint at a fusion of American pop-jazz and the futuristic creations of modern Cuban composers (like Perez Prado). Borne along by the mid-century mambo and cha-cha-cha crazes, the hot sounds of mambo-jazz spread out into American popular culture—Perez Prado was Vegas-bound; Stan Kenton hit the road with his "Cuban Fire" orchestra; Henry Mancini scored Touch of Evil à la Prado; and Duane Eddy had a Top 10 hit with the mambo-esque "Theme from Peter Gunn."
But nowhere can there be found a more perfect representation of this style than in the recordings of the Havana doo-wop quartet Los Zafiros, still after 40 years the most popular Cuban vocal group of all time. As Los Zafiros's guitarist and arranger, Manuel Galbán pioneered a tough, rocking guitar style that is considered by Cuban musicians to be unique in their music. Mambo Sinuendo reintroduces Manuel Galbán—pianist, organist, and guitarist extraordinaire.
Says Cooder, "Galbán and I felt that there was a sound that had not been explored—a Cuban electric-guitar band that could reinterpret the atmosphere of the 1950s with beauty, agility, and simplicity. We decided on two electrics, two drum sets, congas and bass: a sexteto that could swing like a big band and penetrate the mysteries of the classic tunes. This music is powerful, lyrical, and funny—what more could you ask? Mambo Sinuendo is Cuban soul and high-performance twang."
For Mambo Sinuendo, Cooder has enlisted the bassist for all the Buena Vista Social Club sessions, Orlando “Cachaíto” López. The percussionists include longtime collaborator Jim Keltner; Cooder's son, Joachim Cooder, another Buena Vista veteran; and the conga master Miguel “Angá” Díaz.
Credits
MUSICIANS
Manuel Galbán, guitar (1-12)
Ry Cooder, guitar (1-12), steel guitar (1, 8), trés (2), vibes (3), electric piano (4, 7), organ (6), electric bass (6)
Jim Keltner, drums (1-5, 7, 11)
Joachim Cooder, drums (1, 4-8, 12)
Miguel “Angá” Díaz, congas (1-5, 7, 8, 12)
Orlando “Cachaíto” López, bass (1-12)
Juliette Commagere, Carla Commagere, coro (2, 6)
Gregorio Hernández Rios “Goyo”, Maximino Duquesne Martínez, Marcos H. Scull, Yosvani Díaz, bata drums (3)
PRODUCTION CREDITS
A Perro Verde / World Circuit Production
Produced by Ry Cooder
Recorded and mixed by Jerry Boys
Recorded at Egrem Studios, Havana, Cuba
Additional recording at Capitol Studios and Sound City Studios, Los Angeles
Assistant Recording Engineers: Simon Burwell, Jimmy Hoyson and Isel Martínez Rodríguez
Mixed at Capitol Studios, Los Angeles
Digital Editing by Rail Jon Rogut and Jared Smith
Mastered by Tom Leader and Jerry Boys at Livingston Studios, London
Music Coordinator: Demetrio Muñiz
Production Coordinators: Zita M. Morrina (Toti) & Sara Daoud
Executive in Charge of Production for World Circuit: Nick Gold
Design by Doyle Partners
Cover Photography by Cindy Lewis
