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Music Review: 'Mardi Gras Mambo' (2012)

Cubanismo!
Reviewed by Ernesto Lechner | Sep 01, 2000
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Lead Performance: Cubanismo!; Genre: World

On ¡Cubanismo!, Cuban sabrosura fuses with Cajun soul on Mardi Gras Mambo, an exploration of missing links between Havana and New Orleans. R&B harmonies merge with son montuno piano lines in ''Marie Laveaux,'' while the funky ''It Do Me Good'' becomes a cheeky cha cha cha, complete with sweet flute acrobatics. Traditionalists might object to this coupling of genres, but open-minded listeners will succumb to the album's hybrid charms. B+

Originally posted Sep 01, 2000 Published in issue #557 Sep 01, 2000 Order article reprints

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