Their debut album was released in October 2012, and they received a Grammy Award for the album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.
The Pacific Mambo Orchestra was founded in 2010 by Mexican Pianist Christian Tumalan and German Trumpeter Steffen Kuehn,[1][2] and is a 19-piece Latin Big Band orchestra that plays salsa, Latin Jazz, cha cha cha, bachata, and other Latin music.
In 2012 they crowd-funded their first album, the self-titled 'Pacific Mambo Orchestra', through Kickstarter.
[5][6][7][8] The group subsequently released the albums "Live from Stern Grove (San Francisco) " in 2017, and "The III Side" in 2020.
Album Credits:[9] Steffen Kuehn: Arranger, Composer, Director, Lead, Producer, Soloist, Trumpet Christian Tumalan: Arranger, Composer, Digital Editing, Director, Engineer, Mixing, Piano, Producer Carlos Cascante: Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Vocals Armando Cordoba: Maracas, Vocals Willy Torres: Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Vocals Kenny Washington: Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Vocals Alexa Weber Morales: Lyricist, Vocals Braulio Barrera: Bongos, Campana Javier Cabanillas: Congas, Shekere Carlos Caro: Guiro Tommy Igoe: Drums, Featured Artist, Guest Artist Omar Ledezma Jr.: Timbales Christian Pepin: Congas Karl Perazzo: Featured Artist, Guiro, Timbales Abe Gumroyan: Bass Jorge Pomar: Bass Gene Burkert: Alto Saxophone Soloist Pete Cornell: Lead Alto Saxophone, Soloist Evan Francis: Tenor Saxophone, Flute Soloist Aaron Lington: Arranger, Composer, Baritone Saxophone Tony Peebles: Tenor Saxophone, Soloist Doug Rowan: Alto Saxophone Benny Torres: Tenor Saxophone Ryan Black: Trombone Jeff Cressman: Soloist, Trombone Jaime Dubberly: Trombone Mara Fox: Trombone Derek James: Lead, Trombone Mike Rinta: Arranger, Composer, Soloist, Trombone Henry Hung: Trumpet Louis Fasman: Lead, Trumpet Jeff Lewis: Trumpet Larry Lunetta: Trumpet Tom Poole : Trumpet Jonathan Ruff: Trumpet Camilo Landau: Guitar (Electric) Ray Obiedo: Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Guitar Marcos Torres: Engineer Steve Feasley: Engineer Michael Lazarus: Mastering Jack Eastgate: Artwork Vanessa Ayala: Graphic Design