Perez Prado::Prez

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catalog# LSP 1556

Artist: Perez Prado
Format: Vinyl LP 180 Gram
DiscSet: 1
Genre: Percussion
Condition: New
Label: Speakers Corner

Perez Prado::Prez

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It may well have been that Perez Prado regarded his label as "The King of Mambo" not only as an honor but also as restricting with regard to his ambition to move into big band jazz. Whatever the case, the release of his album with the shortened word "Prez" as its title shows that the Cuban-born arranger had plenty of self-confidence it shouldn't be forgotten that the saxophonist Lester Young, a living legend at that time, held office as "President" in 1958. In his aspiration to enter the sound world of the well-established bandleaders and soloists, Perez Prado first strolls down the familiar path of Afro-Cuban folk music with such numbers as the sawing and gurgling "Maria Bonita" and the highly descriptive "Cu-Cu-Rru-Cu-Cu-Paloma." All the more surprising then is the B side, which begins with a version of "Lullaby Of Birdland" which is shaken to the core by hefty conga drum solos. Prado gives up his snappy mambo arrangement of "Flight Of The Bumblebee," the first jazzed-up version of which was heard to buzz in concert halls in the Forties, performed by the brilliant trumpeter Harry James. Among the numbers are several red-hot big band pieces such as "Leo's Special" and "Fireworks" which has a particularly lively trumpet section with the power to blast the paint off the walls. All in all this is a recording that combines easy listening with a peppy Latin jazz feeling.

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