I first heard Cugat's music while watching old movies on American Movie Classics when it still played the old classics from the 20s, 30s and 40s. Now I watch those movies on Turner Classic Movies.
One of our favorite movies, Neptune's Daughter, has a scene with Xavier Cugat (1900-1090) playing a song while the Red Skelton and Betty Garret characters sing and dance. Great stuff! (The movie also starred Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalban.) (Watch the trailer here.)
I bought this album, Mambo At The Waldorf, a year or two ago and love it! It's full of happy, fun songs, and of course I LOVE all of the saxophones!
A few songs from the Mambo At The Waldorf album:
Cuca: (Ahhh, listen to those tight saxophone harmonies!)
Jamay:
Mambo Gordo:
La Cumparsita:
Have you heard of Xavier Cugat before? What do you think? Aren't these songs fun?
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