Rare 1950s broadcasts from top New York hotels find Cugat's superb orchestra at its peak - magnificent, full toned, swinging arrangements primarily of mambos and rumbas. Some tour-de-force versions here including perhaps the hottest El Manisero since it broke Latin American music in 1930.

Track Details

¡Hasta Cuando!
El Manisero
Guararé
Caribeira
South America, Take It Away
Ponce
My Shawl
Cachita / Carnival Oriente
Cuban Mambo
Miami Beach Rumba
Campanitas De Cristal
My Shawl
Coco Seco
Brasil
La Cruz
Campanitas De Cristal / Arriverderci Roma / Perfidia
Mambo No.5
Don José
Que Merengue / Pedro Juan / My Shawl

Also Available:

HQCD 160 Xavier Cugat: Jack Jack Jack 1947-1949

HQCD 161 Xavier Cugat: Live At The Waldorf-Astoria 1950-1954

HQCD 166 Xavier Cugat: In Person 1940-1942