Mambo Rage

1. Mambo for Max

2. Sesenta y Uno

3. Half Step

4. Tierra Va Temblar

5. Mambo Rage

6. New Avengers

7. Time, Gentlemen, Please

8. S.P.

9. Cloudburst

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Mark "Snowboy" Cotgrove made his name playing on seminal acid-jazz records by the likes of Shakatak, Mother Earth, and the James Taylor Quartet. After his 1996 release, Pit Bull Latin Jazz, Snowboy became a household name to those who argue that jazz is dance music--sweaty, hyperkenetic movers loaded with percussion and percolating with in-the-pocket horn charts. On Mambo Rage, Snowboy (now joined by his band, the Latin Section) blazes through a set of rollicking butt-shakers that somehow manage to raise the temperature in the room without the aid of dozens of perspiring dancers. Looking for some refreshingly cliché-free new-school Latin dance music? Here it is. --S. Duda

From Jazziz
He's perhaps the first club DJ to make the jump from spinning disks to leading his own Latin jazz group and winning international renown as a hard- hitting Afro-Cuban percussionist. But it all seems perfectly logical to Mark Cotgrove, a 39-year-old Brit known to the Latin jazz world as Snowboy. His love of old-style Cuban music and deep involvement in London's Acid-Jazz dance scene have proven to be the inspiration for some of the most energetic, raw-edged Latin jazz since the Palmieri brothers, Willie Bobo, Mongo Santamaria, and Cal Tjader, the music's most important standard-bearers.

On Snowboy's current release, Afro Cuban Jazz, and its predecessor, Mambo Rage, the influence of vintage early '70s Latin jazz is as evident in the recording technique as it is in the arrangements' minimalist style. Snowboy favors the sound of organ and Fender Rhodes keyboard over the traditional acoustic piano.

Still much in awe of the pioneering Latin artists whose artful blend of traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms and funk-influenced, urban elements have guided his personal style, Snowboy has, nonetheless, crafted his own distinct rhythmic identity. He uses a mixture of three rhythms, that makes a kind of big groove sound on four congas. It comes from a style of bata [sacred Afro-Cuban] drumming called chachalokafun, rumba, and mozambique [a 6/8 rhythm]. Although the eight-member Latin Section includes only one Latino, it's closer to the vibe of benchmark, '50s-style Cuban descargas (jam sessions) than much recent Latin jazz and salsa.

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Tracks:

Mambo For Max
Sesenta y Uno
Half Step
Tierra Va Temblar
Mambo Rage
The New Avengers
Time, Gentlemen, Please
The S.P.
Cloudburst

Amazon.com

Mark "Snowboy" Cotgrove made his name playing on seminal acid-jazz records by the likes of Shakatak, Mother Earth, and the James Taylor Quartet. After his 1996 release, Pit Bull Latin Jazz, Snowboy became a household name to those who argue that jazz is dance music--sweaty, hyperkenetic movers loaded with percussion and percolating with in-the-pocket horn charts. On Mambo Rage, Snowboy (now joined by his band, the Latin Section) blazes through a set of rollicking butt-shakers that somehow manage to raise the temperature in the room without the aid of dozens of perspiring dancers. Looking for some refreshingly cliché-free new-school Latin dance music? Here it is. --S. Duda

Customer Reviews:

Fun and Fiery.......2002-02-01

This is a fun record and has some great playing on it. Lots of energy!

Hip Hopin........2000-07-19

A Good mix of mambo and funk. Kinda like some of Perez Prado's stuff, but also groovin. I liked most of the tracks. If you like Prado, Buena Vista or Tito this is not a bad buy.

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