Mongo Santamaria - Afro Roots
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Artist: Mongo SantamariaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1989-07-11
Music Label: Prestige
Soundtracks:
- Afro Blue
- Che-Que-Re-Que-Che-Que
- Rezo
- Ayenye
- Onyae
- Bata
- Meta Rumba
- Chano Pozo
- Los Conguitos
- Monte Adentro
- Imaribayo
- Mazacote
- Ye Ye
- Congobel
- Macunsere
- Timbales Y Bongo
- Yambu
- Bricamo
- Longoito
- Conga Pa Gozar
- Columbia
Free Music Notes for Afro Roots
Free Music Review: masterpiece
Hit: 5 Stars
one of 3 cd's of my very first amazon purchase, it deserves a review (and an enthusiastic one, at that).
i have many mongo's albums and on some (our man in havana and from the roots, for example) the great don ramon explore his afro-cuban heritage for about twenty minutes (an lp side) and then moves to his trademark afro-cuban jazz more palatable to internation ears.
but here you have about 80 minutes of pure roots and culture: bembes, rumbas et al at the very best.
no drummer (and serious music lover) should be without this gem in his/her collection.
mongo still reigns supreme!
Afro Roots Poster
A compilation of Cuban conguero Ramon "Mongo" Santamaria's first two albums for Fantasy Records, Afro Roots features not only an all-star percussion section, including Willie Bobo, Francisco Aguabella, Carlos Vidal, and Armando Perazza, but also musicians such as flutist Paul Horn, vibist Cal Tjader, and saxophonist Jose "Chombo" Silva. This disc also includes the original version of Santamaria's classic "Afro-Blue" (a simmering, sensual reading featuring Horn). The music, closer to traditional Cuban music than to any notion of Latin jazz, sounds as fresh and engaging as when it was recorded, in 1958. The set includes nods to traditional Afro-Cuban religious ritual music ("Afro-Blue," "Bata," "Imaribayo") and classic rumba ("Chano Pozo," "Meta Rumba," "Yambu," "Columbia") but also conga ("Conga Pa Gozar"), merengue-rumba ("Che-Que-Re-Que-Che-Que"), and an elegant but forceful mambo ("Mazacote," featuring Tjader). --Fernando GonzalezInternational Music CDs
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