Mambo (disambiguation)
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Mambo may refer to: mambo jambo
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In art and entertainment:
- Mambo (music), a Cuban musical form
- Mambo (dance)Mambo (dance)Mambo .In the late 1940s, Perez Prado came up with the dance for the mambo music and became the first person to market his music as "mambo". After Havana, Prado moved his music to Mexico, where his music and the dance was adopted. The original mambo dance was characterized by freedom and...
, a dance corresponding to mambo music - Mambo sectionMambo sectionIn Afro-Caribbean music, mambo is the section of an arrangement in danzon are related styles which features instrumental improvisation. The beginning of the evolution of this section from montuno is attributed to Machito and his Afro-Cubans, who included material, new to Afro-Caribbean music, for...
, a section in some types of Afro-Caribbean music, such as Salsa, Danzon - "Mambo No. 5Mambo No. 5"Mambo No. 5" is a mambo and jive dance song originally recorded and composed by Pérez Prado in 1949.The song's popularity was renewed by Lou Bega's sampling of the original, released under the same name on Bega's 1999 debut album A Little Bit of Mambo....
", a song originally by Pérez Prado and more recently Lou Bega - Mambo (1954 film)Mambo (1954 film)Mambo is a 1954 Italian/American film directed by Robert Rossen.- Plot summary :The film stars Silvana Mangano as Giovanna Masetti, a poor Venetian who is admired by the crafty croupier Mario Rossi and the rich count Enrico Marisoni . Giovanna lives out a dream to become a dancer and moves to Rome...
, an Italian American film - Mambo!, a 1954 album by Peruvian soprano Yma SumacYma SúmacYma Sumac was a noted Peruvian soprano. In the 1950s, she was one of the most famous proponents of exotica music. She became an international success based on her extreme vocal range, which was said to be "well over four octaves" and was sometimes claimed to span even five octaves at her peak.Yma...
- "Mambo" (short film) a 1997 short film directed by Tim JohnsonTim Johnson (film director)Tim Johnson is an American animation director specializing in CGI animation. Johnson has directed in many films such as Antz, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas and Over the Hedge.-Career:...
and produced by Pacific Data Images - "Mambo!Mambo!"Mambo!" was Helena Paparizou's fifth CD single and the first from her international album The Game of Love. There were two versions of the song; a Greek version and an English version...
", a 2005 single by Elena Paparizou
Other:
- Mambo (Voodoo)Mambo (voodoo)Mambo is the term for a female High Priest in the Vodou religion in Haiti. They are the highest form of clergy in the religion, whose responsibility it is to preserve the rituals and songs and maintain the relationship between the spirits and the community as a whole...
, a Haitian Creole word for a Voodoo priestess - Mambo (software), a discontinued open source content management system
- Mambo (greeting), a Swahili greeting commonly used by young people in East African countries especially Tanzania and some parts of Kenya. It's considered a slang greeting, and translates to "things?" as in "how are things?"http://africanlanguages.com/swahili/index.php?qi=366
- Mambo means KingKing- Centers of population :* King, Ontario, CanadaIn USA:* King, Indiana* King, North Carolina* King, Lincoln County, Wisconsin* King, Waupaca County, Wisconsin* King County, Washington- Moving-image works :Television:...
in Zimbabwean's Shona languageShona languageShona is a Bantu language, native to the Shona people of Zimbabwe and southern Zambia; the term is also used to identify peoples who speak one of the Shona language dialects: Zezuru, Karanga, Manyika, Ndau and Korekore... - "MAMboMamboMambo is a musical form and dance style that developed originally in Cuba and then later in Mexico. The word "mambo" means "conversation with the gods" in Kikongo, the language spoken by Central African slaves taken to Cuba.-History:...
", the Bologna Museum of Modern Art in Bologna, Italy - Mambo GraphicsMambo GraphicsMambo is an Australian surf and street clothing brand. It was launched in 1984, by and business partner, Andrew Rich in the Sydney suburb of Alexandria.- Early Days :...
the company behind the Australian surf clothing brand Mambo - Mambo (club), a club in Long Beach, California
- Mambos (TFI Mambo's club), a club in UrmstonUrmstonUrmston is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 41,000. Historically a part of Lancashire, it lies about six miles to the southwest of Manchester city centre. The southern boundary is marked by the River Mersey and the...
, Manchester - Mambo (cologne), a men's fragrance made by Liz ClaiborneLiz ClaiborneAnne Elisabeth Jane "Liz" Claiborne was a Belgian-born American fashion designer and entrepreneur. Claiborne is best known for founding Liz Claiborne Inc. which in 1986 became the first company founded by a woman to make the Fortune 500...
- Modern urban MerengueMerengue musicMerengue is a type of music and dance from the Dominican Republic. It is popular in the Dominican Republic and all over Latin America. Its name is Spanish, taken from the name of the meringue, a dessert made from whipped egg whites and sugar...
from the Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicThe Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
and the Latin New York scene is often referred to as Mambo - Mambo ItalianoMambo ItalianoMambo Italiano may refer to:* Mambo Italiano , directed by Émile Gaudreault* Mambo Italiano a popular song written by Bob Merrill in 1954...