Symphony Pops with the Mambo Kings

The Spokane Symphony’s second SuperPops concert of the year features the Mambo Kings, a New York-based Latin jazz quintet that’s earned a reputation for well-oiled musicianship and crackerjack improvisation over the past two decades. Each of the ensemble’s members has worked with huge names in the music biz — skimming through their bios turns up names like Aretha Franklin, Arturo Sandoval and Ray Charles — though they’re certainly most at home performing with one another (and the Spokane Symphony, of course). As with any SuperPops show, it should be the perfect gateway drug for folks who wouldn’t normally come out for a traditional orchestral concert.