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Mambu Sinuendo 
Studio album by Manuel Galban and Ry Cooder Released January 28, 2003 Genre Cuban jazz, Latin Jazz Label Nonesuch Producer Ry Cooder Manuel Galban and Ry Cooder chronology The End of Violence
(1997)Mambo Sinuendo
(2003)Chávez Ravine
(2005)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Rolling Stone [2]Mambo Sinuendo is a studio album released by Cuban performer Manuel Galban and producer Ry Cooder. This album became the first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart for Galbán and the second for Cooder (after his successful recording Buena Vista Social Club in 1998). This recording won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 46th Grammy Awards.[3]
Contents
Album history
Producer Ry Cooder re-introduces the pianist, organist, and guitarist Manuel Galbán. In the 1950s, he pioneered a tough, rocking guitar style full of reverb and bent notes that is considered by Cuban musicians to be unique in their music. More than the American pop-jazz of the time, this collaboration hearkens back to the futuristic creations of modern Cuban composers of the period. About the recording of this album says Cooder: "Galbán and I felt that there was a sound that had not been explored a Cuban electric-guitar band that could re-interpret 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.". For the recording the producer enlisted the bassist for all the Buena Vista Social Club sessions, Orlando Cachaíto López. The percussionists include Jim Keltner, Cooder's son, Joachim Cooder and the conga master Miguel Angá Díaz.[4]
Tracklisting
This information from Billboard.com.[5]
- Duerme Negrita (Ernesto Grenet) — 5:00
- Monte Adentro (Arsenio Rodríguez) — 2:53
- Los Twangueros (Manuel Galbán/Ry Cooder) — 4:42
- Patricia (Perez Prado) — 3:29
- Caballo Viejo (Simón Díaz) — 3:51
- Mambo Sinuendo (Manuel Galbán/Ry Cooder/Joachim Cooder) — 2:31
- Bodas de Oro (Electo Rosell "Chepin") — 4:40
- Échale Salsita (Ignacio Piñeiro) — 4:27
- La Luna en Tu Mirada (Luis Chanivecky) — 4:13
- Secret Love (Paul Francis Webster/Sammy Fain) — 5:49
- Bolero Sonámbulo (Manuel Galbán/Ry Cooder) — 4:31
- María la Lo (Ernesto Lecuona) — 4:19
Personnel
This information from Allmusic.[6]
- Ry Cooder — Organ, guitar, electric bass, steel guitar, piano, producer, vibraphone, tres
- Jerry Boys — Engineer, mastering, mixing
- Nick Gold — Executive in Charge of Music
- Jimmy Hoyson — Assistant engineer
- Simon Burwell — Assistant engineer
- Isel Martinez Rodriguez — Assistant engineer
- Tom Leader — Mastering
- Sara Daoud — Production coordination
- Zita M. "Toti" Morriña — Production coordination
- Demetrio Muniz — Music Coordinator
- Rail Jon Rogut — Digital editing
- Joachim Cooder — drums
- Miguel "Angá" Díaz — Conga
- Manuel Galbán — Guitar
- Herb Alpert — Trumpet
- Jim Keltner — Drums
- Orlando "Cachaito" López — Bass
- Carla Commagere — vocals
- Juliette Commagere — Vocals
- Doyle Partners — Design
Chart performance
Chart (2003)[7] Peak
positionUS Billboard Top Latin Albums 1 US Billboard Latin Pop Albums 1 US Billboard Top Internet Albums 52 US Billboard Top World Music Albums 1 US Billboard 200 52 Preceded by
30 Inolvidables by Los BukisU.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums number-one album
February 1, 2003 - February 8, 2003Succeeded by
La Historia by IntocableReferences
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (2004-03-25). ""Mambo Sinuendo"". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r622788/charts-awards/grammy. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ ""Mambo Sinuendo"". Musicdirect.com. 2003-01-28. http://www.musicdirect.com/product/77712. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ Billboard.com (2003-01-28). ""Mambo Sinuendo"". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/more.jsp?tp=albums&pid=4347&aid=565338#artAlbumMoreContainer. Retrieved 2008-09-16.[dead link]
- ^ Mambo Sinuendo - Liner notes (2003-02-28). ""Mambo Sinuendo"". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r622788/credits. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
- ^ Billboard (2003-02-15). ""Mambo Sinuendo"". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r622788/charts-awards. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
Solo albums Ry Cooder (1970) · Into the Purple Valley (1972) · Boomer's Story (1972) · Paradise and Lunch (1974) · Chicken Skin Music (1976) · Showtime (1977) · Jazz (1978) · Bop till You Drop (1979) · Borderline (1980) · The Slide Area (1982) · Get Rhythm (1987) · Chávez Ravine (2005) · My Name Is Buddy (2007) · I, Flathead (2008) · Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (2011)Collaborative
albumsLittle Village (1992) · A Meeting by the River (1993) · Talking Timbuktu (1994) · Buena Vista Social Club (1997) · Hollow Bamboo (2000) · Mambo Sinuendo (2003) · San Patricio (2010)Categories:- 2003 albums
- Ry Cooder albums
- Manuel Galban albums
- Nonesuch Records albums
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