Mongo Santamaria - Skin on Skin: The Mongo Santamaria Anthology 1958-1995
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Artist: Mongo SantamariaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-04-20
Music Label: Rhino / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Afro Blue
- Chano Pozo
- Yambu
- Mongorama
- Barandanga
- Guaguanco Mania
- Para Ti
- Las guajiras
- Tenderly
- Bacoso
- Introduction By 'Symphony Sid'
- My Sound (Conga Drum Solo)
- Canta Bajo
- Watermelon Man
- Sweet 'Tater Pie
- Dirty Willie
- Happy Now
- Cuidado
- Cinderella
- Black Stockings
- Summertime
- Cold Sweat
- Fever
- Adobo Criollo
- Hippo Walk
- Saoco
- Sofrito
- Virtue
- Forked Tongue
- Little Angel
- Mayeya
- Manteca
- Bahia
- Panamanian Aire (Previously Unreleased)
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Free Music Review: The Mongo Santamaria Anthology
Hit: 5 Stars
One of the best, CD's from the Master Cuban conga drummer Mongo Santamaria. This is a great collection of all his hits during his lifetime, a must for every conga player. Here you will hear him play his famous conga solos, and the Afro-Cuban Jazz songs, that made him a unique conga player of all times! However, check all of his CD's, you will find other songs (not included here) that you will enjoy. Frankly speaking all his recordings are good! I know because while on duty tour in Europe, Mongo Santamaria's music is very famous, I have come across some recordings that are not available in the U.S. I have started collecting all his recordings that are available in the market. He is my favorite conga player. Unfortunately Ramon (Mongo) Santamaria departed on 2003 at Baptist Hospital in Miami. But his music and style will live forever. If you like his music check out Museo del disco in Miami. They have all of his recordings and other Cuban conga players contemporaries, such as Armando Peraza, Francisco Aquabella, Candido Camero, Carlos (Patato) Valdez, Chano Pozo, Tata Guines, Los Papines, Los Munequitos de Matanzas, Justi Barreto, Alberto Zayaz, Virgilio Marti, Pedro (Pello El Afrokan) Izquierdo and Lazaro (Manteca) Pla. I have met some of these guys at one time or another and they are the best on the market regarding Conga playing, believe it or not!
Skin on Skin: The Mongo Santamaria Anthology 1958-1995 Poster
It's not just that this Latin jazz pioneer makes his tumbadoro (conga drum) sing--it's the depth and breadth of his music that most impresses. After serving apprenticeships with mambo kings Perez Prado and Tito Puente and Latin jazz bandleader Cal Tjader, Mongo went solo in 1951. "Afro Blue," his first significant composition, was covered by John Coltrane. He made a Top 40 hit out of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" and was at the forefront of the Latin boogaloo craze with his cover of James Brown's "Cold Sweat." Yet the bulk of his work remains anchored in his native Cuban folk forms. His bands have always included a fertile, bluesy blend of salseros and jazz players. Though licensing hassles prevented the inclusion of any of his work from 1972 to 1987, his most important sides are here. --John MorthlandInternational Music CDs
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