As we head into the fall, PBS has a list of music programs available to music lovers, featuring many Latino greats. On Friday, October 4, 2024 comes VOCES “Mambo Legends: The Music Never Ends” (Producer/Director: Mari Keiko Gonzalez; Producer: Lorraine Galvis).
The Mambo Legends Orchestra is committed to keeping the sounds of the great Afro-Cuban bandleaders Machito, Tito Puente, and Tito Rodriguez alive for future generations. Comprised of several former members of these legendary orchestras, The Mambo Legends provide a link to the golden era of music in New York in the early 1940s, when the Machito Orchestra fused the big-band sound of popular music with the rhythms of Africa, Cuba, and Puerto Rico to create an enduring musical genre beloved around the world.
