Rochester’s own MAMBO KINGS, together since 1995, enjoy great success as Upstate New York’s foremost Latin jazz ensemble, and have earned a national reputation for their explosive blend of Afro Cuban rhythms and jazz improvisation.
Since their orchestral debut in 1997 with the Rochester Philharmonic and Conductor Jeff Tyzik, Mambo Kings have appeared at the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival and in Pops concerts with orchestras in Baltimore, Vancouver, Detroit, Dallas, Naples (FL) and Portland (OR), among many others, performing original compositions and arrangements by pianist Richard DeLaney. After a triumphant 2019 performance for an audience of 16,000 at the Grant Park Music Fest, the band weathered the 2020-2021 season with online performances with the Austin, Buffalo, and West Michigan Orchestras, and a live performance with the Virginia Symphony to wrap up the year. The 2022 season started with performances with the Phoenix and Oregon Symphonies and included shows with orchestras in Spokane, North Carolina, Dayton and Detroit.
The 2023 and 2024 seasons included performances with the Augusta Symphony in Edmonton (AB), and Iowa Symphony orchestras, as well as Springfield, MA, Erie, PA, and Harrisburg orchestras.
Mambo Kings released their third self-produced recording, Nostalgia, in July of 2008. Nostalgia, along with their previous releases –Live! (2005) and Marinera (2003) — continues to receive radio airplay throughout North America and Puerto Rico.
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