Puerto Rican flautist Carlos Jimenez and his Mambo Dulcet band released the 3rd volume of their “Red Tailed Hawk” series this summer.

The songs in the album move to the beat of Salsa, although they have spices of Latin Jazz all around.

The EP of “Red Tailed Hawk, Vol. 3” includes 5 songs, although it’s really 5 versions of 2 songs. In doing this, Carlos wanted for the people to focus and spread the message of the songs.

Since the other versions highlight different soloists in each, the other versions serve to highlight the all-star lineup in the album.

Musicians in “Red Tailed Hawk, Vol. 3”
Carlos Jimenez must have great networking skills. The musicians in this recording are all-star caliber, which include:

Carlos Jimenez on cover of Mambo Dulcet "Red Tailed Hawk, Vol. 3"
The Salsa music in Red Tailed Hawk Vol. 3 has great cadence, with good solos that provide hints of Latin Jazz.
Carlos Jimenez-flute/vocals/composer/arranger
Oscar Hernandez-piano/conductor
Eddie Montalvo-congas
Nicky Marrero-timbales
Lewis Kahn-violin/trombone
Ray Martinez-bass
Ivo Tirado Jr.-bongo/cowbell/coro

The music these guys put out is certainly enjoyable to listen.

It’s worth mentioning that the first two volumes also had great musicians in them. These include Sonny Bravo, Edy Martinez, Pate Nater, Alfredo Valdes Jr., Guillermo Jimenez (brother), Lewis Kahn, and Orlando Marin, among others.

Music in “Red Tailed Hawk, Vol. 3”
As Carlos indicated to me, “I dedicated this volume to Puerto Rico with all my heart, and with the realization that if [Puerto Ricans] love Puerto Rico, they need to wake up and move forward.”

The above is the main message on the song “Despierta Boricua” (Wake Up Puerto Rican). The songs features the nice playing and solo of the maestro Oscar Hernandez on piano.

Carlos, who is from the town of Villalba, adds that to meet this goal, we need to “help each other, support each other, and respect each other”.

Since I live in Puerto Rico I can tell you that right now we are far from that goal, so I hope these songs do bring a change in behavior among Puerto Ricans in the island.

The second song in the album is “Cacique del Yukayeque”. I was going to try to describe this song for you, but I found Carlos own description of it in his website…

“Cacique Del Yucayeque is a dream that I was invited to meet the Lider of the Tainos in Puerto Rico and to have their traditional foods like malanga, chayote, yautia, yuca, batata and play batu in the batey and also help prepare casabe with the very beautiful India Taina. Then after being lost for many days in the huge forest I finally arrived but the Bohio was burning and that was a very disturbing dream. I also added some Arawak taino language that I am trying to learn and I hope those who really know this great history help out more…”.

In the main version of “Cacique” there are solos of piano, bongo, and conga. In the alternate version, Nicky has a chance to stretch out his arms in the timbal.

Here’s the YouTube audio of the song “Despierta Boricua”.

http://www.latinomusiccafe.com/2018/09/06/carlos-jimenez-mambo-dulcets-red-tailed-hawk-vol-3/

Despierta Boricua

Despierta Boricua by Carlos Jiménez Mambo Dulcet (2018)

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My One & Only Love feat: Edy Martinez, Pete Nater & Orlando Marin

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Descarga T.P feat: Sonny Bravo & Guillermo Jimenez

Llego La Navidad is a special song for everyone to listen, dance and enjoy. 
Carlos Jimenez - flute/vocals/composer/arranger/producer
Miguel Orlando - lead vocals
Michael Eckroth - piano
William Ash - bass
Jimmy Delgado - timbales/bongo/cowbell
Maximo Castro - congas/clave/guiro/maracas
Victor Colon Jr. - cuatro

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Allertone Studios﻿. December 2020

Llego La Navidad

LLego La Navidad

Llego La Navidad by Carlos Jimenez Mambo Dulcet

Red Tailed Hawk Vol. 4

Mambo Terrifico II

Mambo Terrifico II by Carlos Jimenez Mambo Dulcet

Carlos Jimenez - composer/arranger/flutist/vocalist/producer/bongo
Michael Eckroth - pianist
William Ash - bassist
Jimmy Delgado - Timbales
Maximo Castro - congas/maracas/clave

Escucha Mi Guaguanco

Escucha Mi Guaguanco by Carlos Jimenez Mambo Dulcet (2021)

Carlos Jimenez is an extraordinary flute player and vocalist, as well as composer and band leader of Jazz, Latin Jazz and Salsa. Born in Yonkers, New York, his family moved to Villaba, Puerto Rico when he was six years old. It was there that his musical training began. From a young age, Carlos had an aptitude for percussion and played timbales, bongos and congas. His first lyrical instrument was trumpet, which he studied under Professor Pablo Leon at Francisco Zayas Santana High School. Carlos soon changed his instrument to flute, feeling inspired listening to the music of Mongo Santamaria and how he utilized the flute in his arrangements. He performed with his school’s big band throughout the Island. Thus began his early days as a flutist and his passion for the instrument. Carlos returned to New York as a young adult to continue pursuing his dream of becoming a jazz flutist. He began studying classical flute at the Music Conservatory of Westchester under Dave Fenucane before expanding his repertoire to include jazz studying privately with master musicians Mario Rivera; Dave Valentin; Bobby Porcelli; Mitch Frohman; Vinnie Rickitelli; Rolando Briseno and Enrique Fernandez. A few years later, he studied harmony and voicings with master pianist, Mike Longo as well as Alfredo Valdes Jr. and Hilton Ruiz. To date, Carlos has recorded six albums of his own compositions and arrangements. As in a fantastic dream come true, some of the very musicians who inspired him as a kid have participated in these recordings: Hilton Ruiz; Oscar Hernandez; Stephane Ronget; David Schnitter; Edy Martinez; Dave Valentin; Sonny Bravo; Gilberto "El Pulpo" Colon; Ray Martinez; Eddie Montalvo; Nicky Marrero; Lewis Kahn; Bobby Porcelli; Jorge Maldonado and Alfredo Valdes Jr. A seventh album will be forthcoming.

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