Blue Mambo
Blue Mambo
© 2008 Alletto/Rendon (796873024099)
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A driving two horn Latin-Jazz group with a commercial sound lead by guitarist Charles Alletto and drummer Victor Rendón. The ensemble brings a group of veteran musicians with a wide variety of experience in the field.
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Blue Mambo is a driving two horn Latin-Jazz group with a commercial sound lead by guitarist Charles Alletto and drummer Victor Rendón. The ensemble brings a group of veteran musicians with a wide variety of experience in the field and features original compositions by both leaders as well as varied and interesting arrangements by other artists.
Blue Mambo Personnel
Charles Alletto – co-leader, guitar / tres / composer
Victor Rendón –co-leader,drums/percussion/arranger/composer
Guido Gonzalez – trumpet
Al Acosta - sax / flute
Joe Mannozzi – piano/arranger
Solo Rodriguez - bass
Yasuyo Kimura - congas/percussion
Blue Mambo - liner notes
Legendary New Orleans pianist and pioneer Jelly Roll Morton, who claimed to be the “inventor” of Jazz, was the first to identify some of the essential elements of this vibrant music he thinks he singularly developed. While no one person can be said to have invented Jazz, Morton did get it right when he first talked about the need in Jazz for a “Latin Tinge”, the inclusion of the myriad rhythms and syncopated accents native to the Spanish speaking Caribbean islands that can give Jazz part of its swagger and sway. Blue Mambo possesses that swagger and sway and bring to it melodic and harmonic augmentation by way of their blithe compositions and muscular improvisations.
Another Jazz original, Louis Armstrong, in a simplistic description of good music, defined it as “the kind of music that makes you feel better after you heard it than you did before you heard it”. All these many decades later, Blue Mambo breathes life into words of yesterday through their music today. Simply put; all these rhythms and syncopation will make you feel better.
James Browne
Sirius Satellite Radio
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How are you? I came home from my student's music recital, and my wife gave me the envolope with your cd. I am listening as I write this note to you. I am very impressed, this is a wonderful cd I have not heard this sound in so long. I sometimes think that Latin Jazz got lost in the shuffle of new sound. Your cd, Blue Mambo, brings back the original sound of Latin Jazz. Congratulations to you and your bandmembers.
Sincierly
Homero Chavez
Pomona, CA
Review: Latin Beat Magazine, April/May issue 2008
Led by guitarist/composer Charles Alletto (who also enjoys a successful career as a professional chef) and drummer/percussionist/composer Victor Rendón (who currently conducts the Latin Jazz Ensemble at Lehman College and is the author of the instructional book “The Art of Playing Timbales”). Blue Mambo is a New York City-based Latin jazz ensemble housing a group of veteran players from all walks of music. This debut indie CD includes original scores by the two co-leaders, as well as the contributions and arrangements provided by the remaining bandmembers. Blue Mambo’s swinging selections range from Latin jazz to mambo, to samba, to R&B, to calypso, to other musical idioms. Rounding out Blue Mambo are Guido Gonzalez (trumpet/flugelhorn), Al Acosta (sax/flute), Joe Mannozzi (piano/arranger), Solo Rodriguez (bass), and Yasuyo Kimura (congas). The selections Gabriella, Nova Blue, Necesitas Tu, and Junction Boulevard highlight this recording.
(RM) Rudy Mangual - Latin Beat Magazine
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Fantastic CD!!
author: Pietro CarbognaniUn CD veramente piacevole da ascoltare. Un latin jazz raffinato per 10 brani complessivi ottimamente arrangiati ed eseguiti da questa band capitanata dal percussionista Victor Rendon e dal chitarrista Charles Alletto. Molto apprezzato anche dal pubblico italiano!! VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! Pietro Carbognani by Radiovinilemania