Mambo Man & Music DNA

 An in depth study of  hundreds of songs and their origins from Chick Webb & Cab Calloway in 1934 to Artie Shaw in 1949.

 The evolution of Latin / Afro-Cuban has a hidden cousin.






Song by song I will work to identify, or clarify the Composer / Arranger & dates associated with recording.

I will start by addressing this recording, Roots of Mambo.  A series of tunes that the producers of this album seemed to feel played some roll in the evolution of  the Mambo.  This is a French production and until recently many European Countries only acknowledged 50 years of copyright, England has extended this,  but many re-recording productions do not honor the rights of the original performers & composers. 

Translated French Album Notes:
The Mambo - also known as Afro, Latin jazz or Cubop - is the result of a marriage between Afro-Cuban and American jazz. He continues to swing the years the United States before moving to bebop. Explosive cocktail of mirth, music of all busty, Mambo provides an irresistible feeling of nostalgic warmth for years that dancing is inextricably linked.

 Eric Remy & Patrick Frémeaux
 

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1.  No Noise -  Recorded Dec 1948 Mercury Released 1949 / Previously Titled Killer Joe Recorded 1947.   (Previous Detailed Post)
Never a question of Composer - John Lewis Bartee

No Noise Parts I & II - Composer/John Bartee Performed by Charlie Parker & Flip Phillips, Machito

(The Individuals/Corporations receiving John's Composer Royalties please step forward to acknowledge how you came about ownership.)

2.  Rhapsody in Rhumba -  Cab Calloway / Released 1940  I originally connected this tune to Artie Shaw's  -  Hold your Hat, or Hold your Hats depending on the arrangement or performance.  John is given Arranger credits for  HYH in 1937-38,  Yet in the early radio recording the announcer clearly gives complete credit for this original number & arrangement to Shaw.  And a year or two later the melody within it, is in Rhapsody in Rumba.  Here we see Rhapsody included in Roots of Mambo -  Were Shaw, Calloway & Bauza working together, or was John Bartee the common link in the creation of this number. Also, considering John's involvement in this Mambo Sound started with a melody in Hold your Hats and continued at least until Shaw recorded the Latin numbers in 1949.  I'd say a blind man could see he was in the middle of the mix from the beginning.

Rhapsody in Rhumba - Composer/John Bartee Arranger/J. Bartee Performed by Cab Calloway
Hold your Hat - Composer/John L. Bartee Performer/ Artie Shaw Orchestra on Radio 1938
Hold your Hats - Composer/John Bartee Arranger/ J. Bartee Performed by Shaw Orchestra

3.   Bop Champagne -

Preview all tunes on this Album at Amazon UK will not allow United States purchase. 


(Mambo#3 recorded by Machito & No Noise appear to have music files reversed on preview site)

CD	Piste	Titre	Artiste principal	Durée	Enregistré en
1	1	Saint louis blues	Havana Yacht Club Orchestra	00:02:41	1931
1	2	The peanut vendor 1	Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra	00:03:23	1930
1	3	The peanut vendor 2	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	00:03:21	1931
1	4	Doin the rumba	Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	00:02:58	1931
1	5	Moonlight fiesta	Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra	00:02:54	1935
1	6	Caravan 1	Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra	00:02:43	1937
1	7	Conga brava	Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra	00:02:59	1940
1	8	The congo conga	Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	00:03:01	1938
1	9	Chili con conga	Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	00:03:05	1939
1	10	Rhapsody in rumba	Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	00:02:47	1940
1	11	Yo eta cansa	Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	00:03:00	1940
1	12	Goin conga	Cab Calloway And His Orchestra	00:02:51	1940
1	13	No quiero swing	Mariano Merceron Y Sus Muchachos Pimient	00:03:32	1943
1	14	Caravan 2	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	00:02:51	1945
1	15	Bijou	Woody Herman And His Orchestra	00:03:23	1945
1	16	Mambo 1	Arcano Antonio	00:03:06	1946
1	17	Mambo 2	Orch Noro Morales	00:02:47	1948
1	18	Cubana be cubana bop 1	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	00:05:57	1947
1	19	Cubana be cubana bop 2 afro cuban suite	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	00:07:11	1947
1	20	Algo bueno	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	00:03:00	1947
2	1	Swedish suite	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	00:02:51	1949
2	2	Tabu	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra		1948
2	3	Manteca 1	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	00:03:07	1947
2	4	Manteca 2	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	00:07:46	1948
2	5	Guarachi guaro 1	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	00:03:13	1948
2	6	Guarachi guaro 2	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	00:08:53	1948
2	7	Caravan 3	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	00:02:57	1951
2	8	Tin tin deo 1	Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra	00:02:42	1951
2	9	Tin tin deo 2	Burns Dave	00:02:48	1948
2	10	Mambo 3	Machito And His Afro Cubans	00:06:06	1950
2	11	No noise	Machito And His Afro Cubans	00:04:55	1949
2	12	How high the moon	Machito And His Afro Cubans	00:03:51	1949
2	13	Bop champagne	Machito And His Afro Cubans	00:05:16	1949
2	14	Mambo is here to stay	Machito And His Afro Cubans	00:03:11	1949
2	15	U bla ba du	Machito And His Afro Cubans	00:03:16	1949
2	16	Gone city	Machito And His Afro Cubans	00:02:52	1949
2	17	Tropicana	Walter Gil Fuller And Orchestra	00:02:58	1949
2	18	Hey pretty baby	Erskine Hawkins And His Orchestra	00:02:45	1950
2	19	Opportunity	Erskine Hawkins And His Orchestra	00:02:45	1950
2	20	Casbah	Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra	00:03:00	1949
2	21	Lamento	Aime Barelli Et Son Orchestre	00:02:51	1949

Credits for the above:

Havana Yacht Club Orchestra , Castro Andres, Castro Antonio, Castro Manolo, Gonzalez Daniel, Portela Guillermo, Castro Juanito, Suao Luis, RubioMc Clure Red Mac Morris, Scott Harold, Graven Luther, Hite Les, Johnson Marvin, Jones Charlie, Prince Henry, Simons Moises, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra , Whetsol Arthur, Jenkins Freddy Posey, Williams Charles Cootie, Nanton Joe Tricky Sam, Tizol Juan, Hodges Johnny, Carney Harry, Bigard Albany Barney, Cab Calloway And His Orchestra , Culley Wendell, Dickerson Roger Quincey, Wright Lammar, Wheeler De Priest, Harris Arville, Brown Andrew, Thomas Walter, Prince Earess, Kenny , Perkins , Irving Mills, Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra , Stewart Rex, Brown Lawrence, Ellington Duke, Hardwick Otto, Cheatham Doc, Collins Shad, Randolph Irving, Johnson Keg, Jones Claude, Coots , Davis , Haughton Chauncey, Berry Chu, Mills Irving, Baron , Tuvim, Payne Benny, Barker Danny, Hinton Milton, Calloway Cab, Harding , Socarras , Iznaga , Mariano Merceron Y Sus Muchachos Pimient , Merceron Mariano, Anderson Cat, Hemphill Shelton, Jordan Taft, Nance Ray, Woody Herman And His Orchestra , Berman Sonny, Candoli Secondo Conte, Candoli Pete, Hefti Neal, Lewis Irv, Harris Willard Bill, Kiefer Ed, Pfeffner Ralph, Burns Ralph, Arcano Antonio, Antonio Arcano Y Sus Maravillas , Inconnu , Lopez Orestes, Orch Noro Morales , Morales Noro, Buenos Ruben, Dizzy Gillespie And His Orchestra , Gillespie Dizzy, Bailey Benny, Burns Dave, Wright Elmon, Kelly Ted, Shepherd Bill, Brown John, Russell George, Cook Willie, Harris Benny, Duryea Andy, Hurt Sam, Tarrant Jess, Fuller Walter Gil, Tarrant Jesse, Henry Ernie, Lecuona Ernesto, Pozo Gonzalez Chano, Gayles Joe, Payne Cecil, Wilson Gerald, Graham Bill, Smith Stuff, Jackson Milton, Heath Percy, Jones Al, Coltrane John, Burrel Kenny, Forman James, Moody James, Boyd Nelson, Blakey Art, Machito And His Afro Cubans , Bauza Mario, Davilla Frank, Edison Harry, Stewart Al, Woodlen Bob, Johnson Gene, Parker Charlie, Skerritt Fred, O Farrill Chico, Madera Jose Pin, Bartee , Phillips Flip, Johnakins Leslie, Hamilton , Sampson Edgar, Becke Pepe, Walter Gil Fuller And Orchestra , Dalee Mustapha, Massey Bill, Salaam Abdul, Johnson Charles, Rasheed Haleen, Ross Clarence, Tarrant Rip, Erskine Hawkins And His Orchestra , Hawkins Erskine, Johnson Bobby, Lowe Sam, Sulieman Idrees, Hall Rene, Range Bob, Wood Michael, Mitchell Jimmy, Smith B, George D, Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra , Navarro T Fats, Winding Kay, Shibab Sahib, Gordon Dexter, Dameron Tadd, Russell Curley, Clarke Kenny, Aime Barelli Et Son Orchestre , Barelli Aime, Caturegli Alex, Mauclair Jean, Gay Georges, Simino Marcel, Vasseur Benny, Migiani Armand, Aldegon Jean, Bartel Joe
Works of Cab Calloway

1939 - 1941

1. For the Last Time I Cried Over You

2. Twee Twee Tweet

3. Pluckin' the Bass

4. I Ain't Gettin' Nowhere Fast

5. Chili Con Conga  **

6. Tarzan of Harlem

7. Jiveformation, Please

8. Vuelva   **

9. Bee Gizendt

10. Give, Baby, Give

11. Sincere Love

12. Do It Again

13. Pickin the Cabbage

14. Chop Chop Charlie Chan

15. Paradiddle

16. Boog It

17. Calling All Bars

18. Do I Care, No No

19. Lone Arranger   **

20. Feelin' Tip Top

21. Topsy Turvy

22. Hi Di Hi Serenade

23. Who's Yehoodi?

24. Fifteen Minute Intermission

25. Rhapsody in Rhumba   **

26. Come on With the 'Come On'

27. I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance

28. Bye Bye Blues

29. Papa's in Bed With His Britches On

30. Silly Old Moon

31. Boo Wah, Boo Wah

32. Sunset

33. Yo Eta Cansa

34. Cupid's Nightmare

35. Levee Lullaby

36. Are You Hep to the Jive

37. Goin' Conga       **

38. Hot Air

39. Lonesome Nights

40. Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird

41. Worker's Train

42. North of the Mohawk

43. Make Yourself at Home

44. Run Little Rabbit

45. Willow, Weep for Me

46. You Are the One in My Heart

47. Are You All Reet?

48. Ebony Silhouette

49. Hep Cat's Love Song

50. Jonah Joins the Cab

51. Geechie Joe

52. Special Delivery

1935 - 1940

1. Good Sauce from the Gravy Bowl

2. Keep That Hi-De-Hi in Your Soul

3. Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today)

4. I Ain't Got Nobody

5. Nagasaki

6. Baby Won't You Please Come Home

7. I Love to Sing-A

8. You're the Cure for What Ails Me

9. Save Me, Sister

10. Love Is the Reason

11. When You're Smiling

12. Jes' Natch'ully Lazy

13. Are You in Love With Me Again?

14. Copper Colored Gal

15. Frisco Flo

16. Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Swing

17. Hi-De-Ho Miracle Man

18. Don't Know if I'm Comin' or Goin'

19. My Gal Mezzanine

20. That Man Is Here Again

21. Reckin'

22. Congo

23. Swing, Swing, Swing

24. Wake Up and Live

25. Manhattan Jam

26. Moon at Sea

27. I'm Always in the Mood for You

28. She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Teriffic

29. Go South Young Man

30. Mama, I Wanna Make Rhythm

31. Hi-De-Ho Romeo

32. Queen Isabella

33. Savage Rhythm

34. Every Day's a Holiday

35. Jubilee

36. In an Old English Village

37. (Just an) Error in the News

38. Minor Breakdown (Rustle of Swing)

39. Bugle Blues

40. One Big Union for Two

41. Doing the Reactionary

42. Rustle of Swing

43. Three Swings and Out

44. I Like Music (With a Swing Like That)

45. Foolin' With You

46. Azure

47. Skrontch

48. We're Breakin' Up a Lovely Affair

49. Peck-A-Doodle-Do

50. At the Clambake Carnival

51. Hoy-Hoy

52. Miss Hallelujah Brown

53. Conga-Conga

54. Boogie Woogie

55. There's a Sunny Side to Everything

56. Shout, Shout, Shout

57. Mister Paganini, Swing for Minnie

58. Jive (Page One of the Hepster's Dictionary)

59. Penguin Swing

60. Do You Wanna Jump Children?

61. I'm Madly in Love With You

62. April in My Heart

63. Blue Interlude

64. F.D.R. Jones

65. Deep in a Dream

66. Tee-Um, Tee-Um, Tee-I, Tahiti

67. Angels With Dirty Faces

68. Long, Long Ago

69. Afraid of Love

70. Ratamacue

71. Ad-De-Dey

72. New Moon and an Old Serenade

73. One Look at You

74. Ghost of Smokey Joe

75. Floogie Walk

76. Trylon Swing

77. Utt-Da-Zay

78. Crescendo in Drums

79. (Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive

80. For the Last Time I Cried Over You

81. Twee-Twee-Tweet

82. Pluckin' the Bass

83. I Ain't Gettin' Nowhere Fast

84. Chili con Conga

85. Tarzan of Harlem

86. Jive Formation, Please

87. Vuelva

88. Bee Gezindt

89. Give, Baby, Give

90. Sincere Love

91. Do It Again

92. Pickin' the Cabbage

93. Chop, Chop. Charlie Chan

94. Paradiddle

95. Boog It

96. Calling All Bars

97. Do I Care? No, No

98. Lone Arranger

99. Feelin' Tip Top

100. Topsy Turvy (Hard Times)

101. Hi-De-Ho Serenade

102. Who's Yehoodi?

103. Fifteen Minute Intermission

104. Rhapsody in Rhumba

105. Come on With the "Come On"

106. Ghost of a Chance

107. Bye Bye Blues

1938 - 1939

1. Skrontch

2. We're Breakin' Up A Lovely Affair

3. Peck-A-Doodle Do

4. At The Clambake Carnival

5. Hoy-Hoy

6. Miss Hallelujah Brown

7. The Congo-Conga

8. The Boogie-Woogie

9. There's A Sunny SIde To Everything

10. Shout, Shout, Shout

11. Mister Paganini-Swing For Minnie

12. Jive (Page One Of Hepster's Dictionary)

13. Do You Wanna Jump, Children

14. I'm Madly In Love With You

15. April In My Heart

16. Blue Interlude

17. F.D.R. Jones

18. Deep In A Dream

19. Tee-Um Tee-Um Tee-I, Tahiti

20. Angels With Dirty Faces

21. Long Long Ago

22. Afraid Of Love

23. Ratamacue

24. Ad-De-Dey

1938 - 1941

1. Rustle of Swing

2. Foolin' With You

3. Floogie Walk

4. Trylon Swing

5. Utt-Da-Zay

6. Crescendo in Drums

7. (Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive

8. Pluckin' the Bass

9. Jiveformation, Please

10. Bee Gezindt

11. Pickin' the Cabbage

12. Chop, Chop, Charlie Chan (From China)

13. Lonesome Nights

14. Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird

15. Workers' Train

16. Willow Weep for Me

17. Are You All Reet?

18. Hep Cat's Love Song

19. Jonah Joins the Cab

20. Take the "A" Train

21. Chattanooga Choo Choo

22. St. James Infirmary

1930 - 1939

1. St. Louis Blues

2. St. James Infirmary

3. Minnie The Moocher

4. Sweet Georgia Brown

5. You Rascal, You

6. Strickly Cullud Affair

7. Aw You Dawg

8. The Man From Harlem

9. Eadie Was A Lady

10. The Lady With The Fan

11. Zaz Zuh Zaz

12. Kickin' The Gong Around

13. Keep That Hi-De-Hi In Your Soul

14. Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable To Lunch Today)

15. I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares For Me)

16. Nagasaki

17. Jess's Natu'lly Lazy

18. Jive (Page One Of The Hepster's Dictionary)

19. The Ghost Of Smokey Joe

20. Utt-Da-Zay

21. (Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive

22. Tarzan Of Harlem

Post Updates:  Aug 8, 2010 

Le Mambo – encore appelé Afro, Cubop ou Latin jazz – est le fruit d’un mariage entre les musiques afro-cubaines et le jazz américain. Il prolonge les années swing aux Etats-Unis avant d’évoluer vers le be-bop. Cocktail explosif de gaieté, musique plantureuse entre toutes, le Mambo procure un irrésistible sentiment de chaleur teintée de nostalgie pour les années dansantes auxquelles il est indissociablement lié.
Eric Rémy & Patrick Frémeaux
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This album, issued by the world-famous publishers, Frémeaux & Associés, has been restored using the latest technological methods. An explanatory booklet of liner notes in English and a guarantee are included.