Mambo Moves

Erroll Garner | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (October 17, 1990)
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B00000ES7R
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #435,790 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Piano-Based Combo-Mambo Anyone?? ;), October 23, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Mambo Moves Erroll (Audio CD)

As the title suggests, this is a collection of tracks done with a mambo feel, in the classic Erroll Garner style. If you're a real Garner fan (like me), you'll probably enjoy it very much. If you're not into the mambo thing, you might have a take-it-or-leave-it attitude towards it. Nevertheless, still a very good disc. It has 2 bonus tracks, has also been digitally remastered, and sounds quite good. Check it out, especially all you budding pianists... Garner is the real deal!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Latin Based Trio Outing, May 8, 2002

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Robert J. Ament "papacoolbreeze" (Ballwin, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mambo Moves Erroll (Audio CD)

Most of the important stuff was stated in the preceding review.

I just wanted to say that I've never heard a bad tune by this man! He could take the most innocuous tune and grab your interest with his rendition. Most everything that he recorded was done in a single take............not too many artists can make that claim. He also couldn't read music but was blessed with an uncanny ear and a feel for the melody. While he improvised well, you will note that he never strayed too far from the melody so that you never are in doubt as to what is being played......some of his intros were another matter. His unique style probably is what made him the first solo artist that I became aware of in my youth (I started out as a big band fan).

I think you will like the CD whether or not you like mambo, simply because of the piano talent. If he was not one of the top pianists of all times, it wouldn't take long to call the roll.