The raw ingredients for a crossover crowd-pleaser are present in new tuner "The Mambo Kings," adapted from Oscar Hijuelos' Pulitzer-winning 1989 novel. But this advertised "hot new musical" at San ...

Oscar Hijuelos, who won the Pulitzer Prize with his best-selling 1989 novel “The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love,” about the sensuous world of Cuban musicians in mid-century New York, died Oct. 12 in ...

FILE - Author Oscar Hijuelos appears at a VIP reception at the Hispanic Heritage Awards in Washington on Sept. 7, 2000. New paperback editions of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love and other fiction ...

 This week we listen to some Afro-Cuban mambo from its beginnings in the 1940’s, through its high point in the 1960’s, to the present day. Like the words bongo and… Next we hear Pérez Prado’s biggest ...

“Mambo Kings” star Armand Assante is so broke that he had to take a loan from a lawyer to bail out his Brazilian bombshell gal pal, who is accused of stealing from actor Josh Brolin, court records ...

Inspirado por el título en inglés de la aclamada novela de Oscar Hijuelos, “The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love”, Richard DeLaney formó en 1995 el quinteto Mambo Kings, donde impera el jazz latino y ...

Rhythm Planet explores the world of Afro-Cuban mambo from its beginnings in the 1940’s, through its high point in the 1960’s, to the present day. Next we hear Pérez Prado’s biggest hit, “Mambo #5.” ...

For a group consisting of five Rochester, New York musicians without any apparent marketability going for them, this Latin jazz combo really nails the genre. Founded in 1997 and appearing at first ...

The Mambo Kings' 2004 debut recording, Marinera, was a good example of solid Latin jazz. The group, which was founded in 1997 in Rochester, New York, returns two years later with the same lineup: ...