''Mambo Nights'' is a 2000 album from the Latin Jazz ensemble Conexion Latina. After the

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ian Alberto Naranjo had done some

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s for the

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band, he was invited to participate as guest director for the recording of the band’s fourth CD, ''Mambo Nights''. The leader of the legendary Trabuco Venezolano, Naranjo also contributed with two compositions and provided five

s, along with veterans arrangers

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and Oscar Hernández. The voices of Javier Plaza, Osvaldo Fajardo and Yma America, and the guest soloists Dusko Goykovich and

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, collaborated with the band to create a boiling festive sound for hard-salsa lovers.Enja Records

Track listing

#''Mambo Nights'' ( O. Hernández) - 3:51 #''Hace Rato'' (R. Hernández) - 5:29 #''Flotando en el Aire'' (A. Martínez) - 7:59 #''Felicidad'' ( H. Martínez) - 7:06 #''Lotus Blossom'' ( K. Dorham) - 5:00 #''Zapata'' (J. Plaza) - 5:35 #''Mambo a la Mintzer'' ( A. Naranjo) - 5:14 #''Fiesta De Soneros'' (A. Martínez) - 5:24 #''Alna's Connexus'' (A. Naranjo) - 6:15 :Recorded in

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between November 1999 and December 2000.

References

{{Authority control 2000 albums Conexión Latina albums Enja Records albums