New York City\'s desegregated Palladium Ballroom springs to life with a diverse 1940s cast in this jazzy picture-book tribute to the history of mambo and Latin jazz.
Illustrated with verve and told through real-life characters who feature in an afterword, Mambo Mucho Mambo! portrays the power of music and Dance to transcend racial, religious, and ethnic boundaries..
Then the Palladium Ballroom issued a bold challenge to segregation and threw open its doors to all.
Machito and His Afro-Cubans hit the scene with a brand-new sound, blending jazz trumpets and saxophones with Latin maracas and congas creating Latin jazz, music for the head, the heart, and the hips. until first a band and then a ballroom broke the rules. . .
It was the 1940s in New York City, and they were forbidden to Dance together .
Pedro danced to Latin songs in his Puerto Rican neighborhood.
Millie danced to jazz in her Italian neighborhood.
New York City\'s desegregated Palladium Ballroom springs to life with a diverse 1940s cast in this jazzy picture-book tribute to the history of mambo and Latin jazz
