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Mambo Kings

Mambo Kings/Richard DeLaney

Born: September 6, 1952

Rochester's own MAMBO KINGS, together since 1995, are enjoying great success as Upstate New York's foremost Latin jazz ensemble, and have rapidly earned a national reputation for their explosive blend of Afro Cuban rhythms and jazz improvisation.Since their orchestral debut in 1997 with the Rochester Philharmonic and Conductor Jeff Tyzik, Mambo Kings have appeared at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival and in Pops concerts with orchestras in Baltimore, Vancouver, Detroit, Dallas, Naples (FL) and Portland (OR), among many others, performing original compositions and arrangements by pianist Richard DeLaney. As a quintet, Mambo Kings have appeared as featured soloists at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Fest, the Music In The Mountains Festival in Durango, (CO), the Lewiston (NY) Jazz Fest and most recently, the 2017 Big Sky Arts Fest in Bozeman, MT

Mambo Kings Join Detroit Symphony Orchestra

June 5, 2008

Internationally-recognized Latin music ensemble The Mambo Kings will team up with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor Jeff Tyzik for a unique concert series incorporating Afro-Cuban and Latin jazz rhythms with classical music. The high-energy, Latin and dance-inspired performances will feature music by such artists as Carlos Santana and Dave Brubeck and take place in ...

Live!

By Mambo Kings

Label: Mambokingdom
Released: 2006
Track listing: Introduction; Una Manana; Caravan; Tres Lindas Cubanas; El Cumbanchero; Day Tripper; La Sitiera; Blue Rondo A La Turk; Caribe; La Sitera.

Mambo Kings: Live!

by Michael P. Gladstone
May 14, 2006

The Mambo Kings' 2004 debut recording, Marinera, was a good example of solid Latin jazz. The group, which was founded in 1997 in Rochester, New York, returns two years later with the same lineup: Richard Delaney, piano; John Viavattine, tenor and soprano sax, flute; John Viavattine,Jr. electric bass; Freddy Colon, drums, timbales; David Antonetti, congas; and ...

Marinera

By Mambo Kings

Label: Independent Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Softly,As in a Morning Sunrise, Nature Boy, Danzon, Marinera, Five Kings, Manana de Carnaval, Afro Blue, From Within.

Mambo Kings: Marinera

by Michael P. Gladstone
February 18, 2004

For a group consisting of five Rochester, New York musicians without any apparent marketability going for them, this Latin jazz combo really nails the genre. Founded in 1997 and appearing at first with the Rochester Philharmonic and fusion/smooth jazz keyboardist Jeff Tyzik, this is Mambo Kings' debut recording. The eight tunes are a good mix of ...