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Angel Meléndez & The 911 Mambo
Orchestra
47th Annual GRAMMY Awards nominee
4th Annual Independent Music Awards
2005 Winner
“The Mambo Kings of The Midwest” CS
Magazine Oct 04.
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Composer, arranger, instructor and
trombonist. After witnessing a
performance by his cousin Carlos
Rexach with Orquesta “La Solucion”,
Angel decided to pursue his musical
career. As one of the most
recognized musicians in Chicago, he
leads the most popular Latin bands
locally. The 21 piece 911 MAMBO
Orchestra, Orquesta ARALLUE,
Orquesta ANGELLE & Tributo LAVOE are
widely recognized and move people to
dance wherever they perform.
Angel’s bands play an array of Latin
music from the modern tropical
sounds of today ranging from Salsas,
Boleros & Cha Cha Chas to the most
traditional hard hitting Mambo of
the 50’s. The bands play original
arrangements by Angel Melendez and
the music of Tito Puente, Eddie
Palmieri, Tito Rodriguez, Perez
Prado and FANIA records.
Melendez has featured his bands at
some of the following prestigious
events: U.S. Conference of Mayors
Chicago 2005, 27th Annual Chicago
Jazz Festival, Millenium Park Jazz
Series featuring Danilo Perez, 17th
Annual Viva! Chicago Latin Music
Festival, The Taste of Chicago,
Chicago SummerDance, Chicago
International Salsa Congress in 2002
& 2004, Chicago’s Millennium Park
Opening Ceremonies 2004, Goose
Island International Outdoor Fest,
AARP Latino Community Celebration
2004 closing for MALO, MLB All-Star
Pepsi Park 2003 & Chicago Tribune’s
Rock the River Fest.
His bands have played at the most
recognized Chicago venues like: The
Chicago Symphony Center, Millenium
Park’s Pritzker Pavillion, Grant
Park’s Petrillo Music Shell, The
Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art,
Chicago Museum of Science and
Industry, The House of Blues, &
Chicago’s Field Museum among many
others.
Angel has been a musical director
and arranger for some of the world’s
most renowned Salsa artists
including Danilo Perez, Jimmy Bosch,
Andy Montañez, Ismael Miranda,
Adalberto Santiago, Cheo Feliciano,
The Singers of the Apollo Sound
(Tito Cruz, Sammy Gonzalez & Papo
Sanchez), Frankie Ruiz, Eddie
Santiago, Lalo Rodriguez, Luisito
Carrión, Hector Tricoche, Tito Allen
& Johnny Rivera among others.
Angel Melendez recently released his
first full-length CD “Angel Melendez
& The 911 Mambo Orchestra”, mixed
and mastered by 16 Grammy award
winner Jon Fausty, and produced by
Andrés Meneses under the label Latin
Street Music Inc. The recording has
received immediate nationwide
acceptance and it is currently
playing in over 170 non-commercial,
NPR, Jazz Week reporting and College
Music Journal reporting radio
stations. On Dec 7th, 2004 the debut
CD was nominated to the 47th Annual
GRAMMY Awards under the category of
“Best Traditional Tropical” Latin
Album. The CD also won the “Best
Latin Album” Award in the 4th Annual
Independent Music Awards 2005.
For booking information about Angel
Melendez and his bands, please
contact Andres at 312 42 SALSA, 312
427 2572 or
andres@laboriqua.com |
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