Pacific Mambo Orchestra

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.

History
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.

Pacific Mambo Orchestra (2012)

 * 1) "PMO Intro" by Christian Tumalan
 * 2) "El Cantante" originally by Rubén Blades and arranged by Mike Rinta
 * 3) "Overjoyed" originally by Stevie Wonder and arranged by Aaron Lington
 * 4) "La Ambicion" by Christian Tumalan
 * 5) "Cuando Estoy Contigo" by Steffen Kuehn and Mike Rinta
 * 6) "Mr. 5.0" by Steffen Kuehn and arranged by Aaron Lington
 * 7) "Bolero Cocomo" by Aaron Lington, lyrics by Alexa Weber Morales
 * 8) "Muevete Con Prisa" by Aaron Lington
 * 9) "Querer Como Ayer" by Christian Tumalan
 * 10) "Bolero Cocomo (Instrumental)" by Aaron Lington

Album Credits:

Steffen Kuehn:	 Arranger, Composer, Director, Lead, Producer, Soloist, Trumpet

Christian Tumalan:	 Arranger, Composer, Digital Editing, Director, Engineer, Mixing, Piano, Producer

Carlos Cascante:	 Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Vocals

Armando Cordoba:	 Maracas, Vocals

Willy Torres:	 Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Vocals

Kenny Washington:	 Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Vocals

Alexa Weber Morales: Lyricist, Vocals

Braulio Barrera:	 Bongos, Campana

Javier Cabanillas:	 Congas, Shekere

Carlos Caro:	 Guiro

Tommy Igoe:	 Drums, Featured Artist, Guest Artist

Omar Ledezma Jr.:	 Timbales

Christian Pepin:	 Congas

Karl Perazzo:	 Featured Artist, Guiro, Timbales

Abe Gumroyan:	 Bass

Jorge Pomar:	 Bass

Gene Burkert:	 Alto Saxophone Soloist

Pete Cornell:	 Lead Alto Saxophone, Soloist

Evan Francis:	 Tenor Saxophone, Flute Soloist

Aaron Lington:	 Arranger, Composer, Baritone Saxophone

Tony Peebles:	 Tenor Saxophone, Soloist

Doug Rowan:	 Alto Saxophone

Benny Torres:	 Tenor Saxophone

Ryan Black:	 Trombone

Jeff Cressman:	 Soloist, Trombone

Jaime Dubberly:	 Trombone

Mara Fox:	 Trombone

Derek James:	 Lead, Trombone

Mike Rinta:	 Arranger, Composer, Soloist, Trombone

Henry Hung:	 Trumpet

Louis Fasman:	 Lead, Trumpet

Jeff Lewis:	 Trumpet

Larry Lunetta:	 Trumpet

Tom Poole	: Trumpet

Jonathan Ruff:	 Trumpet

Camilo Landau:	 Guitar (Electric)

Ray Obiedo:	 Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Guitar

Marcos Torres:	 Engineer

Steve Feasley:	 Engineer

Michael Lazarus:	 Mastering

Jack Eastgate:	 Artwork

Vanessa Ayala: Graphic Design

Awards and nominations

 * 2014 Grammy Award for "Best Tropical Latin Album"