2. Hope (feat. Nir Felder & Itai Kriss) 06:48

3. You’re Everything (feat. Ariacne Trujilo) 05:54

4. Butterfly (feat. Manuel Valera) 06:03

5. Inner Urge 06:49

6. Un Dia Bonito II Intro 01:46

7. Un Dia Bonito II (feat. Anthony Almonte) 06:30

8. Frogwala 04:59

9. Alone, Alone and Alone 05:48

10. Paramahansa 07:36

11. Yogananda (feat. Manuel Valera and Itai Kriss) 05:02

12. Juegetón 03:59

13. Totem Pole 07:04

From the first seconds of the opening track, trumpeter Jonathan Powell immediately signals that his new album Mambo Jazz Party is no ordinary record. With irresistible layers of groove and the indomitably danceable feels of Latin Jazz spurred eternally forward by the campana (cowbell), the audience is instantly hooked. Drawing on two decades of expertise as a sideman for Latin Jazz legends such as Eddie Palmieri, Arturo O’Farrill, Miguel Zenon, Oscar Hernandez and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, and Tito Puente Jr., Powell assembles a rotating 18-piece ensemble that brings the party of great, danceable Latin Jazz and Mambo and combines it with the aesthetic of modern electric jazz on Mambo Jazz Party, releasing August 9, 2024 via Circle 9.

The ideas that inspired Mambo Jazz Party began with a conversation with a colleague, a bongocero who was leading a masterclass to a group of students. In this lesson, the bongocero explained the importance of the campana in salsa and mambo music and said simply that “when you see and hear the bongocero player swap to the campana, you know it’s party time.” The simple truth and joy of this statement struck Powell and stuck with him thereafter. Powell remarks, “I always loved the montuno/descarga part...  more

released August 9, 2024

CD personnel

Jonathan Powell trumpet (1-9, 11, 13), flugelhorn (2, 3, 10, 12) & EVI (8)
Andrew Gould alto saxophone (1-3, 6-8)
Jeremy Powell tenor saxophone (1-8, 10, 13) & flute (3)
Jimmy Bosch trombone solos (1)
Doug Beavers trombone (1-8, 11, 13)
Itai Kriss flute on (2, 11)
Louis Fouché alto saxophone solo (1)
Nir Felder electric guitar (2)
Axel Tosca piano, fender rhodes & synth (1-3, 5-10, 12, 13)
Manuel Valera fender rhodes & synth (4, 11)
Luques Curtis bass
Camilo Molina drums & timbales (all), shekere & clave (1), maracas & guiro (3), bongos (3, 6-7), bata (10)
Marcos Lopez congas (1-3 ,6-8, 11)
Marcos Torres congas (4, 5, 8-10, 12, 13)
Luisito Quintero bongos (4, 5, 8, 9, 11-13), guiro (4), campana (4, 5, 8), miscellaneous percussion (2, 9-12)
Ariacne Trujillo lead vocal (3)
Anthony Almonte lead vocal (7), coros (3,7)
Jeremy Bosch coros (3, 7)


LP tracks (Mambo Jazz Party Vol. 1)
Side A
Juancito (feat. Jimmy Bosch & Louis Fouché) 7:06
Hope (feat. Nir Felder & Itai Kriss) 6:49
You’re Everything (feat. Ariacne Trujilo) 5:55

Side B
Butterfly (feat. Manuel Valera) 6:04
Inner Urge 6:49
Un Dia Bonito II Intro 1:46
Un Dia Bonito II (feat. Anthony Almonte) 6:30

Produced by Jonathan Powell & Doug Beavers
“Juancito” & “Hope” Composed and Arranged by Jonathan Powell.
“You’re Everything” Composed by Chick Corea; Lyrics by Neville Potter; Spanish translation by Jeremy Bosch; Coros and Arrangement by Doug Beavers.
“Butterfly” Composed by Herbie Hancock, Arranged by Jonathan Powell.
“Inner Urge” Composed by Joe Henderson, Arranged by Jonathan Powell.
“Un Dia Bonito II” and “Un Dia Bonito II Intro” Composed by Eddie Palmieri, Arranged by Angel Fernandez.