Rock River Jazz Band, Inc.

Mambo swing is a great hit by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Dust off your dancing shoes! 

This one is a real throw-back. An Oldie but Goodie. Does it remind you of that certain someone you just couldn't get out of your head.

A great number by Brian Setzer. Sometimes stirring arguments between Brides and Grooms debating , "Who IS the Boss?"

Stevie Wonder wrote this song as a tribute to music, specifically to Duke Ellington who had just passed away in 1974. Ellington was a Jazz bandleader and composer who was a big influence on Wonder.

Get ready for a ride on the Night Train and don't forget to wear your dark glasses.

For those of you who are, let's say, more mature, the mention of Freddy the Freeloader will bring images and fond memories of Red Skelton to mind. For the "less mature" or younger crowd, the image the title brings may be of downtown Chicago.

Did I hear someone request a POLKA? And a one, and a two... Take it away Myron Floren!

Pennies in a stream. Falling leaves, a sycamore. Moonlight in Vermont.   I don't know about you, but Willie Nelson will always be my favorite vocalist for this song. 

Shake, Rattle and Roll is the name of a 1957 movie starring;                  Fats Domino, Lisa Gaye  &  Sterling Holloway

This song was originally done in 1952 by the Cuban-Mexican bandleader Perez Prado. Known as the 'King of the Mambo,' Prado recorded numerous mambos and when he ran out of inspiration, he would simply number them, and "Mambo No 5" was one of a series of 8.

Mambo Jambo is the alternative name of the song by Perez Prado, Qué rico el mambo.

In 1949, Perez moved to Mexico where he formed his own band and signed a recording contract with the International division of RCA Victor in Mexico City. He quickly specialized in mambos, an upbeat adaptation of the Cuban danzón. Perez's mambos stood out among the competition, with their fiery brass riffs and strong saxophone counterpoints