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Zouk is a musical movement and dance pioneered by the French Antillean band Kassav' in the early 1980s. It was originally characterized by a fast tempo (120–145 bpm ), a percussion-driven rhythm, and a loud horn section. [ 1 ]
Harry Belafonte, a Jamaican-American pop-calypso singer in 1954. Caribbean music genres are very diverse. They are each synthesis of African, European, Arab, Asian and Indigenous influences, largely created by descendants of African slaves (see Afro-Caribbean music), along with contributions from other communities (such as Indo-Caribbean music).
The music of Colombia is an expression of Colombian culture, ... Mambo, big band and porro ... compas, zouk, and reggae. Champeta musicians have included Luis Towers ...
"Mambo No. 5" is an instrumental mambo and jazz dance song originally composed and recorded by Cuban musician Dámaso Pérez Prado in 1949 and released the next year. [1] German singer Lou Bega sampled the original for a new song released under the same name on his 1999 debut album, A Little Bit of Mambo .
[2] [3] He became the singer for Orchestra Belle Mambo in 1973, [3] developing a sound influenced by Tabu Ley. [4] His solo career only started to take off after he moved in 1979 to Paris, where his music started to incorporate elements of then-vibrant zouk music popularized by Kassav (originating in the French West Indies). [3]
Mambo is a genre of Cuban dance music pioneered by the charanga Arcaño y sus Maravillas in the late 1930s and later popularized in the big band style by Pérez Prado.It originated as a syncopated form of the danzón, known as danzón-mambo, with a final, improvised section, which incorporated the guajeos typical of son cubano (also known as montunos).
Mambo Jambo" is the alternative name of the song "Qué rico el mambo" by Perez Prado. Mambo Jambo may also refer to: "Mambo Jambo", a song on Scatman John's album Scatman's World; Mambo Jambo, a theme clubbing night of Zouk club, in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur
The latter form of music was influenced by the French-Caribbean zouk. [13] Guest artists on his recordings have included well-known Congolese, Cape Verdean, and Cuban musicians Sam Mangwana , Papa Noël , Nyboma , Wuta Mayi , Syran Mbenza , Bopol Mansiamina , "Huit Kilos" Nseka , Maria de Barros , and Alfredo de la Fé .