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The song is about the distinctive tumbao groove played in afro-cuban music. A man is inviting everyone, especially his girl, to the bembé (party) to dance to the rhythm.

lyrics

Coro (Chorus):
"Llegó mi tumbao (My groove has arrived)
Oyelo bien mami como dice (Listen up well, girl, to what it’s saying)

V1:
Te traigo un rico tumbao mi prieta (I bring you my tasty rhythm, my dusky one)
Ven para que puedes vacilar (Come so you can show off)
Con elegancia y sarbrosura (With elegance and tastiness)
Como este ritmo no hay otro igual (Like this rhythm, there is no equal)

V2:
Aquí todos bailando como ves (Here everyone dances as you can see)
Gurachando de verdad (Really dancing)
Disfruten gente, no estamos solos (Enjoy it people. We are not alone)
Yo sé, yo sé, le va a gustar (I know, I know you’re going to enjoy it)

V3:
Pa’ que gocen todos conmigo (So that everyone can enjoy it with me)
Pa’ que mi gente puede guarachar (So that people can dance)
Ven ven goza, gozalo ahora (Come, come on enjoy, enjoy it now)
No te lo pierdes ay, que rico es (Don’t miss it. How tasty it is)

Pregones:
Te digo ve que aquí estamos bien (I tell you. See, we are all well here)
Coro: Oyelo bien mami como dice (Chorus: Listen up well, girl, to what he’s saying)
Este tumbao viene arrollando (This tumbao comes, sweeping (us) away)
Coro: Oyelo bien mami como dice (Chorus: Listen up well, girl, to what he’s saying)
Venimos todos aquí bien guarachando (We all come here and really dance)
Coro: Oyelo bien mami como dice (Chorus: Listen up well, girl, to what he’s saying)
Oye como va, pero que rico está (Hear how it goes. How tasty it is)
Coro: Oyelo bien mami como dice (Chorus: Listen up well, girl, to what he’s saying)

No te lo pierdes que rico es (Don’t lose it. How tasty it is)
Coro: Oyelo bien mami como dice (Chorus: Listen up well, girl, to what he’s saying)
Ven conmigo, ven conmigo a guarachar (Come with me. Come dance with me)
Coro: Oyelo bien mami como dice (Chorus: Listen up well, girl, to what he’s saying)
Aquí estamos arrollando en el bembé (We are here rolling at the party)
Coro: Oyelo bien mami como dice (Chorus: Listen up well, girl, to what he’s saying)

Con cadencia, con cadencia y sarbrosura (With cadence, with cadence and tastiness)
Coro: Oyelo bien mami como dice (Chorus: Listen up well, girl, to what he’s saying)"

credits

from BT charity album 2015 (in support of World Cancer Research Fund), released May 5, 2015
Composed by: Jonathan Enright / Carlos A. Peña

Los Camaradas is a community salsa band, based in Leeds, with players from across Yorkshire. The current line-up is 19 people, creating the warm sounds of a huge cuban-style big band, and playing regularly at venues in the north of England and for festivals, private parties, weddings etc. Salsa is music for the ears, hips and feet, so we teach some moves at our live events and the band is usually treated to some fine entertainment from the audience of expert salsa dancers and beginners having a good time!

Rhythm: The rhythm section interlocks a multitude of rhythm patterns to create the overall structure of the sound and in this song includes Mike Sandell playing tumbao on bass, Carol Morton playing montuno on keyboards, Matty Shallcross playing cascaras on timbales, Martin Lewis playing marcha on congas, and Jack Amblin soloing martillo and all sorts of interesting variations on bongos, cowbell and claves (sometimes simultaneously!!)

Vocals: Mike Allen sings pregones (the street-seller's cry) in this song and the constant coro response (Oyelo bien mami como dice) is sung by Dorien Schampaert, Vicki Beere, David Wallace, Jack Amblin, and pretty much all the rest of the band. We sing in Spanish because it helps to create the authentic ambience of the Cuban style.

Horns: This song has featured moments from each of the horn sections. Listen out for the interlocking patterns of the saxes, trumpets and trombones and for the flute solo by Hazel Davies. On baritone sax we have Jason Lowe, tenor saxes are Kate Maddison and Graham Quilliam, and the alto saxes are Jenny Bellamy, Lizzie Leonard and Lincoln Hughes. Adding the bright trumpet edge are Phil Green and Kate Liddington. Slide trombonists in full harmony are Jonny Enright, Vicki Beere and David Wallace.

Mi Tumbao was first recorded by Jonny's band, Grupo X, featuring on their debut album, X-Posure (2001 Wardlaw Music). Jonny co-wrote this tune and directs Los Camaradas. It was recorded live at the New Headingley Club in Jan 2015 by Mark Wallace, Phil Hicks and Roman Tatarek-Gintowt. David Wallace did the music production.

www.salsaband.org
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We are a group of BT musicians who have come together (initially as strangers) to create an album of different music from our bands or solo acts to raise money for charity. Our first album is in support of the World Cancer Research Fund UK.
We wanted to contribute our 'sounds' for the album - responding to an S.O.S. appeal from Phil Brunkard who kicked off the project.
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