Various Artists - Mambo Calypso (1LP)

Zombie Club presents a reedition of "Mambo Calypso" another volume of sonic Caribbean Cruise. Following the approach of the first volume and understanding the Caribbean as a region is not limited to a strictly geographical demarcation but rather a demographic and cultural space where countries, islands and coastal areas may fall into a common Mare Nostrum even arrives in New Orleans. The influence of African drum and the "Cuban clave" makes different music beyond its specific components be they Latinos, Anglos or Frenchie’s - look at themselves and recognize a certain family.

This is not a coincidence, since the slave trade brought African music from the port of Havana to Cartagena de Indias, Nassau, Port-au-Prince, Salvador de Bahía and the southern United States. The same Blackness, the same rhythm, the same festive mood, spirit of resistance and struggle. And so, Arsenio Rodriguez can be heard without jumps next to a Calypso of Blind Blake, or a tasty Pacho Galán’s coastal Cumbia crossover with Dave Bartholomew’s Mambo or a Latin Swing of Lalo Guerrero, where the Dominican Merengue sounds Joseíto Mateo in line with that of its Haitian neighbor Nemour Jean Baptiste. A very spicy musical "melting pot," a gumbo of percussion and languages, to enjoy and dance.

Re-board the Zombie Club Cruise, will not be disappointed.

1. Yambere Tito Rodríguez & His Orchestra
2. O’ Look Misery Blind Blake
3. Se Formó el Bochinche Arsenio Rodríguez
4. Shrimp & Gumbo Dave Bartholomew
5. Santa Isabel de Las Lajas Benny Moré
6. A Pali Papá Enssemble Némours Jean Baptiste
7. Mambo Calypso The Duke of Iron
8. Cumbia Sobre el Mar Trío Serenata
9. Cumbia del Caribe Pacho Galán y su Orquesta
10. Jamaicuba Mongo Santamaría
11. Strip Tease Lord Power & Trentos Spence
12. Baila Yemayá Celia Cruz y Sonora Matancera
13. Peanut Vendor Alvin “Red” Tyler
14. Ahora sí hay Melao R. García y Conjunto Cibao
15. Besitos de Coco Cortijo y su Combo
16. Los Chucos Suaves Lalo Guerrero