Pacific Mambo Orchestra is a Latin dance music orchestra based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Their debut album was released in October 2012, and they received a Grammy Award for the album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.
The Pacific Mambo Orchestra was founded in 2010 by Mexican Pianist Christian Tumalan and German Trumpeter Steffen Kuehn, and is a 19-piece Latin Big Band orchestra that plays salsa, Latin Jazz, cha cha cha, bachata, and other Latin music. In 2012 they crowd-funded their first album, the self-titled 'Pacific Mambo Orchestra', through Kickstarter. They were nominated for a Grammy Award in the "Best Tropical Latin Album" category for their album, and they won the award in 2014 at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. The group subsequently released the albums "Live from Stern Grove (San Francisco) " in 2017, and "The III Side" in 2020.
Album Credits:<br /> Steffen Kuehn: Arranger, Composer, Director, Lead, Producer, Soloist, Trumpet<br /> Christian Tumalan: Arranger, Composer, Digital Editing, Director, Engineer, Mixing, Piano, Producer
Carlos Cascante: Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Vocals<br /> Armando Cordoba: Maracas, Vocals<br /> Willy Torres: Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Vocals<br /> Kenny Washington: Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Vocals<br /> Alexa Weber Morales: Lyricist, Vocals
Braulio Barrera: Bongos, Campana<br /> Javier Cabanillas: Congas, Shekere<br /> Carlos Caro: Guiro<br /> Tommy Igoe: Drums, Featured Artist, Guest Artist<br /> Omar Ledezma Jr.: Timbales<br /> Christian Pepin: Congas<br /> Karl Perazzo: Featured Artist, Guiro, Timbales
Abe Gumroyan: Bass<br /> Jorge Pomar: Bass
Gene Burkert: Alto Saxophone Soloist<br /> Pete Cornell: Lead Alto Saxophone, Soloist<br /> Evan Francis: Tenor Saxophone, Flute Soloist<br /> Aaron Lington: Arranger, Composer, Baritone Saxophone<br /> Tony Peebles: Tenor Saxophone, Soloist<br /> Doug Rowan: Alto Saxophone<br /> Benny Torres: Tenor Saxophone
Ryan Black: Trombone<br /> Jeff Cressman: Soloist, Trombone<br /> Jaime Dubberly: Trombone<br /> Mara Fox: Trombone<br /> Derek James: Lead, Trombone<br /> Mike Rinta: Arranger, Composer, Soloist, Trombone
Henry Hung: Trumpet<br /> Louis Fasman: Lead, Trumpet<br /> Jeff Lewis: Trumpet<br /> Larry Lunetta: Trumpet<br /> Tom Poole : Trumpet<br /> Jonathan Ruff: Trumpet
Camilo Landau: Guitar (Electric)<br /> Ray Obiedo: Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Guitar
Marcos Torres: Engineer<br /> Steve Feasley: Engineer<br /> Michael Lazarus: Mastering
Jack Eastgate: Artwork<br /> Vanessa Ayala: Graphic Design