The Prez: The Mambo King, Vol. 2

Performer: Pérez Prado
Engineer: Dick Baxter; Joaquin J. Lopes
Producer: Domingo G. Echevarria; Herman Diaz, Jr.
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: Personnel: P�rez Prado (piano); Sirelda Gonzalez (vocals); Eddie Gomez , Estephan Valera, Modesto Duran, Ray Vasquez, Mike Pacheco, Carlos Vidal (chant); Dick Kesner & His Stradivarius Violin, Aladdin Pallante, Charles Bilek (violin); Ignacio Maez, Don Robinson , Rene Bloch, Willie Maiden, Bob Cooper, Bud Shank (saxophone); Bill Regis, Don Dennis, Rolf Erickson, Louis Valiz�n, Bill Castagnino , Walt Stuart, Maynard Ferguson, Pete Candoli, Shorty Rogers (trumpet); Tibor Shik (French horn); Milt Bernhart, James Hill, Joe Colvin, Harry Betts (trombone); Leo Acosta, Shelly Manne (drums); Juan Cheda, Bob Casanova (congas, bongos). Liner Note Author: Gabe Romero. Recording information: 1540 Broadway Digital Studios, New York, NY (04/08/1954-02/18/1955); Radio Recorders Studios, Hollywood, CA (04/08/1954-02/18/1955). Unknown Contributor Roles: Mike Pacheco; Carlos Vidal. Arranger: P�rez Prado.

D�maso P�rez Prado, the original Mambo King, served time as an arranger and pianist in several Havana-based bands in the 1930s. By the '40s, the traditional Cuban danzon style was evolving into newer, African-inspired sounds like the cha-cha and the mambo. With an irresistible syncopated rhythm and sensual, brass-heavy melodies, mambo dovetailed nicely with the popular swing music of the day. Prado began to plant the mambo seeds farther away from home, and by the '50s, the mambo craze had taken hold in the U.S. While Prado was not the first musician to play this music, he wrote and/or recorded some of the biggest mambo hits of the era. Though the craze eventually faded, Prado performed and recorded until his death in 1989.

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