Lecture: Iliana Rose - Roots of Cuban Music, Mambo & the Mamboniks

The rise of Mambo in 1940s–50s Cuba and its explosion in New York, Pérez Prado, Cachao, and the orchestral innovation behind mambo, Jewish dancers, musicians, and fans who helped build the mambo craze in places like the Palladium Ballroom, The intersection of race, culture, and rhythm in post-WWII America

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