Petee's Mambo by Frank French
This is an orchestration of a piano solo dedicated to Petra Sullivan. Sheet music available in the folio "More Original Piano Solos" appearing on this web page.
How does one categorize a musician immersed in European Classical traditions from the time of Bach to the 20th Century, but also intensely responsive to the music of New Orelans, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Brazil? Here is expressed the contrast of genteel Romanticism and the savage emotive power evoked in a more rugged way of life: artistic sentiment projected onto rough and ready ways and means.