''Mambo Sinuendo'' is a studio album released by Cuban performer Manuel Galbán and producer Ry Cooder. The album was the first number-one album in the ''Billboard'' Top Latin Albums chart for Galbán and the second for Cooder (after ''

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'' in 1998), and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the

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Album history

About the recording of this album, Cooder notes that "Galbán and I felt that there was a sound that had not been explored in 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."

Track listing

This information from Billboard.com. # "Drume Negrita" (Ernesto Grenet) — 5:00 # "Monte Adentro" (

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) — 2:53 # "Los Twangueros" (Manuel Galbán, Ry Cooder) — 4:42 # "

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" ( Perez Prado) — 3:29 # " Caballo Viejo" (

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) — 3:51 # "Mambo Sinuendo" (Manuel Galbán, Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder) — 2:31 # "Bodas de Oro" (Electo Rosell "Chepin") — 4:40 # "Échale Salsita" (

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) — 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 O" (

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) — 4:19

Personnel

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. * Manuel Galbán — Guitar * Ry Cooder — Organ,

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electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

, steel guitar,

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, producer,

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist ...

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* Orlando "Cachaito" López — Bass *

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— Drums *

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— drums *

Miguel "Angá" Díaz Miguel Aurelio "Angá" Díaz Zayas (June 15, 1961 – August 9, 2006) was a Cuban percussionist. He was a well-known ''conguero'' who also played the cajón, güiro and timbales. Life and career Miguel Aurelio Díaz Zayas was born in San Juan y ...

— Conga * Yaure Muniz —

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* Carla Commagere —

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— Vocals * Demetrio Muniz — Musical Director * Jerry Boys —

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, 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 * Rail Jon Rogut —

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* Doyle Partners —

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References

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