(moh sahm bee kay) is a modern Cuban Carnaval music and dance invented by Pello el Afrokan in 1963. His original instrumentation was tumbadoras (congas), bells, bombos (bass drums played with one stick) trombones and chorus. He later expanded to include electric guitar and bass, timbales and other percussion. The feeling and approach of Pello's Mozambique was an important influence in the development of Songo. Cuban Mozambique is not well known in the US Another style, which I call American Mozambique has developed and is more common in this country. Eddie Palmieri did much to popularize this style with his album "Mambo con Conga es Mozambique". Mozambique is sung in Spanish. Learn Mozambique
Modern country in southern Africa.
a republic on the eastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975
A rhythmic style created in the 1960s by Pedro Izquierdo - also known as Pello el Afrokán - which is a style of Cuban carnaval music, traditionally played only on percussion instruments. The mozambique was popularized in North American salsa music by Eddie Palmieri, and was adapted into ensemble interpretations.
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique (Portuguese: Moçambique or República de Moçambique, pron. ), is a country in southeastern Africa bordering to the Indian Ocean in the east, Tanzania in the north, Malawi and Zambia in the northwest, Zimbabwe in the west and Swaziland and South Africa in the southwest. It is a member of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries and the Commonwealth of Nations.
Mozambique (pron.: mo.sam.'βi.ke)is a vigorous style of Cuban music and dance similar to Dengue Fever (band) and pachanga, except faster paced. It does not originate in the country of the same name, and bears no connection to it.