78 RPM - Chris Powell - Mambo Gunch / Mr. Sandman - Grand [Philadelphia, PA] - USA

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Artist:	Chris Powell
Label:	Grand [Philadelphia, PA]
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	120
Date:	Jan 1955
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Chris Powell	Mambo Gunch	Chris Powell	10.0 Rate
B	Chris Powell	Mr. Sandman	Pat Ballard	10.0 Rate

Notes

Chris Powell and the Blue Flames
Mr. Sandman version differs from the 45er pressing
BB Jan 15, 1955

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Ray Martin Munsell 21st Apr 2020		Breaking up this long review into paragraphs would have made it easier to read. [Now broken up. Mod.]



slholzer 1st Apr 2016		Review In 1951, the mambo was the hot thing in the music world. People went out of their way to record mambo versions of almost everything. (A similar thing would occur in the early 1960s when the Twist hit.) This is a product of that wave. Chris Powell and the Blue Flames sound like a tenor sax and piano quartet with an augmented rhythm section. Most of the melody is carried by the piano with occasional brief interjections by the sax. The obligatory Latin drums are always present and rarely make much room for the piano or tenor to do anything remarkable. This is especially so on "Mambo Gunch", which is an original. The piano is little more than an additional rhythm instrument in that one, the tenor not even that. If you want to sample this, I'd suggest you start with "Mr. Sandman". It's easily the more melodically interesting of the two sides, and it wasn't especially incompatible with the mambo beat. The piano work on it is the highlight of the entire disc. If you're still curious after that, move on to "Mambo Gunch". Remember that the essence of the mambo was aggressive butt wiggling. This recording assumes you want something to do that to. If you're looking to enjoy a mambo from something more at arm's length, get a copy of the "West Side Story" movie and watch the dance fight between the Sharks and the Jets at the neutral gym. That's mambo pop at its peak. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



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