Cuba in America 1939–1962

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 2016

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Rumba in Swing 1940–1953
  • 1
    Conga brava
    Duke Ellington
    3:02
  • 2
    Elube chango
    Xavier Cugat
    3:22
  • 3
    Moon Over Cuba
    Duke Ellington
    3:13
  • 4
    De Laff’s on You
    Louis Jordan
    2:53
  • 5
    The Peanut Vendor
    Stan Kenton
    4:36
  • 6
    Rhumba azul
    Nat “King” Cole
    2:35
  • 7
    Rumba en swing
    Chano Pozo
    2:39
  • 8
    Manteca
    Dizzy Gillespie
    3:09
  • 9
    Mango mangue
    Charlie Parker
    2:58
  • 10
    St. Louis Blues
    Machito
    2:45
  • 11
    Push‐Ka‐Pee She Pie
    Louis Jordan
    2:36
  • 12
    Longhair’s Blues‐Rhumba
    Professor Longhair
    3:23
  • 13
    Bongo cito
    Slim Gaillard
    2:49
  • 14
    Tin Tin Deo
    Dizzy Gillespie
    2:44
  • 15
    Yo Yo Yo
    Slim Gaillard
    2:49
  • 16
    Estrellita
    Charlie Parker
    2:49
  • 17
    My Baby’s Gone
    The Ray‐O‐Vacs
    2:18
  • 18
    Cuban Nightingale
    Billy Taylor
    3:03
  • 19
    I Come From Jamaica
    Chris Powell
    2:39
  • 20
    Jock‐A‐Mo (Iko iko)
    Sugar Boy Crawford
    2:31
  • 21
    Mishugana mambo
    Slim Gaillard
    2:23
  • 22
    Woke Up This Morning
    B.B. King
    2:56
  • CD 2: Mambo in America (uptempo) 1951–1959
  • 1
    Babalu
    Slim Gaillard
    3:38
  • 2
    Soony‐Roony
    Slim Gaillard
    2:07
  • 3
    Mambo Boogie
    Johnny Otis
    2:44
  • 4
    Mambo Bounce
    Sonny Rollins
    2:25
  • 5
    Titoro
    Billy Taylor
    3:05
  • 6
    Eee Ooo Voodoo
    Red Callender
    2:40
  • 7
    Hound Dog
    Big Mama Thornton
    2:52
    4.6 ★
  • 8
    Mambo Garner
    Erroll Garner
    6:36
  • 9
    Mambocito mio
    Illinois Jacquet
    2:55
  • 10
    Mambo Hop
    Oscar Saldana
    2:16
  • 11
    She Wants to Mambo
    The Chanters
    2:53
  • 12
    Ran Kan Kan
    Tito Puente
    3:12
  • 13
    Stranded in the Jungle
    The Jayhawks
    2:58
  • 14
    Cubano Chant
    Art Blakey Percussion Ensemble
    3:59
  • 15
    Mambo at the M
    Cal Tjader
    4:42
  • 16
    For You My Love
    Paul Gayten
    2:28
  • 17
    Dearest Darling
    Bo Diddley
    2:53
  • 18
    Tequila
    The Champs
    2:14
  • 19
    Arabian Love Call
    Art Neville
    2:26
  • 20
    Peanut Vendor
    Alvin “Red” Tyler & the Gyros
    2:05
  • 21
    Mambo de Cuco
    Mongo Santamaría
    3:55
  • 22
    What’d I Say
    Ray Charles
    6:29
  • CD 3: Summertime in Havana‐on‐the‐Hudson (mid and slow tempo) 1939–1962
  • 1
    The Crave
    Jelly Roll Morton
    3:12
  • 2
    Early in the Morning
    Louis Jordan
    3:23
  • 3
    Fiesta
    Charlie Parker
    2:53
  • 4
    Cu‐Blue
    Billy Taylor
    2:49
  • 5
    Un poquito de tu amor
    Charlie Parker
    2:44
  • 6
    Cuba Doll
    Lloyd Glenn
    2:34
  • 7
    Summertime
    Red Saunders
    2:36
  • 8
    Fool Burro
    Mable Scott
    2:52
  • 9
    Relax and Mambo
    Machito
    3:13
  • 10
    It Ain’t Necessarily So
    Cal Tjader
    2:06
  • 11
    South Parkway Mambo
    Bop‐A‐Loos
    2:44
  • 12
    Why Don’t You Do Right
    Joe Loco
    2:39
  • 13
    Old Devil Moon
    Mickey Baker
    2:29
  • 14
    Spanish Guitar
    Bo Diddley
    4:14
  • 15
    Havana Moon
    Chuck Berry
    3:08
  • 16
    La guera baila
    Stan Kenton
    5:09
  • 17
    Quiet Village
    Martin Denny
    3:41
  • 18
    I’ve Waited So Long
    Eddie Cochran
    2:41
  • 19
    Out of Nowhere
    Cal Tjader
    3:29
  • 20
    Summertime
    Gene Vincent
    3:00
  • 21
    Bluesongo
    Sonny Rollins
    4:44
  • 22
    Dem tambourines
    Don Wilkerson
    5:35

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