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This single CD has all of the contents of the two Mongo Santamaria Riverside albums originally titled Mongo Explodes and Go, Mongo! The music was last available as a two-LP set also titled Skins. The 1964 session, oddly programmed first, finds Santamaria on conga and bongos at the head of a ten-piece band also including trumpeter Marty Sheller, then-unknown flutist Hubert Laws (also featured on piccolo and tenor), Bobby Capers on alto and baritone, and a seven-piece rhythm section with five percussionists. Cornetist Nat Adderley guests on three of the ten numbers, which are all group originals, including four songs from Sheller. The early dates (Mongo's first as the leader of a fairly jazz-oriented Latin group) have Santamaria leading a completely different band, a nonet with just three percussionists. Most notable among the personnel are the young Chick Corea on piano and Pat Patrick, on leave from Sun Ra's band, as one of the two saxophonists. This time around, Mongo contributed four of the nine fairly obscure numbers. Although some of the songs on the 1964 date were put together in hopes of duplicating the commercial success of "Watermelon Man" (none succeeded), the music still sounds fairly fresh and lively. An excellent introduction to Mongo Santamaria's viable brand of Afro-Cuban jazz.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
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Hubert Laws, Saxophone, Flute/Piccolo, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Sheller, Percussion, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Capers, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Rodgers Grant, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nat Adderley, Cornet, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Lucas, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mongo Santamaria, Bongos, Conga, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Osvaldo Martinez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Carmelo Garcia, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wito Kortwright, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Milestone Records
Hubert Laws, Saxophone, Flute/Piccolo, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Sheller, Percussion, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Capers, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Lucas, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mongo Santamaria, Bongos, Conga, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Osvaldo Martinez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Carmelo Garcia, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Valerie Capers, Composer - Robert Capers, Composer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rodgers Lee Grant, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Wito Kortwright, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Milestone Records
Hubert Laws, Saxophone, Flute/Piccolo, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Sheller, Percussion, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Capers, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Rodgers Grant, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Nat Adderley, Cornet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mongo Santamaria, Bongos, Conga, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Osvaldo Martinez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Carmelo Garcia, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wito Kortwright, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Milestone Records
Hubert Laws, Saxophone, Flute/Piccolo, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Sheller, Percussion, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Capers, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Rodgers Grant, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Lucas, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mongo Santamaria, Bongos, Conga, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Osvaldo Martinez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Carmelo Garcia, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wito Kortwright, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Milestone Records
Hubert Laws, Saxophone, Flute/Piccolo, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Sheller, Percussion, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Capers, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Rodgers Grant, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Lucas, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mongo Santamaria, Bongos, Conga, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Osvaldo Martinez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Carmelo Garcia, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wito Kortwright, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Milestone Records
Hubert Laws, Saxophone, Flute/Piccolo, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Sheller, Percussion, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Capers, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mongo Santamaria, Bongos, Conga, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Osvaldo Martinez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Carmelo Garcia, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Grant Rodgers, Composer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rodgers Lee Grant, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Wito Kortwright, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Milestone Records
Hubert Laws, Saxophone, Flute/Piccolo, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Marty Sheller, Percussion, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Capers, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Rodgers Grant, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Lucas, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mongo Santamaria, Bongos, Conga, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Osvaldo Martinez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Carmelo Garcia, Drums, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wito Kortwright, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Milestone Records
Hubert Laws, Saxophone, Flute/Piccolo, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Sheller, Percussion, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Capers, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Rodgers Grant, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ray Lucas, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mongo Santamaria, Bongos, Conga, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Osvaldo Martinez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Carmelo Garcia, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wito Kortwright, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1964 Milestone Records
Hubert Laws, Composer, Saxophone, Flute/Piccolo, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Sheller, Percussion, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Capers, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mongo Santamaria, Bongos, Conga, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Osvaldo Martinez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Carmelo Garcia, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rodgers Lee Grant, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Wito Kortwright, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Milestone Records
Hubert Laws, Saxophone, Flute/Piccolo, AssociatedPerformer - Marty Sheller, Percussion, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Capers, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Nat Adderley, Cornet, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cobb, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Mongo Santamaria, Bongos, Conga, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Osvaldo Martinez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Carmelo Garcia, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Robert Capers, Composer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rodgers Lee Grant, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Wito Kortwright, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Milestone Records
Pat Patrick, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Carmen Costa, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Serrano, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Broussolle, Translator - CHICK COREA, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mongo Santamaria, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jarbas Reis, ComposerLyricist - Francisco Netto, ComposerLyricist - Neves Milton, ComposerLyricist - Julio Collazo, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Al Abreu, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jose De Paulo, Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - To-Tiko, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Milestone Records
Pat Patrick, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Serrano, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mongo Santamaria, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julio Collazo, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Al Abreu, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jose De Paulo, Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - To-Tiko, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Milestone Records
Pat Patrick, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Serrano, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mongo Santamaria, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ELLIOT ROMERO, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Julio Collazo, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Al Abreu, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jose De Paulo, Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - To-Tiko, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Marcellino Guerra, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Isaac Irrizary, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 Milestone Records
Pat Patrick, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Serrano, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mongo Santamaria, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julio Collazo, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Al Abreu, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jose De Paulo, Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - To-Tiko, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Milestone Records
Pat Patrick, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Serrano, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mongo Santamaria, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julio Collazo, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Al Abreu, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jose De Paulo, Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - To-Tiko, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Milestone Records
Pat Patrick, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Serrano, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mongo Santamaria, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julio Collazo, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Al Abreu, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jose De Paulo, Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - To-Tiko, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Marcellino Guerra, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 Milestone Records
Pat Patrick, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Serrano, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - João Donato, ComposerLyricist - Mongo Santamaria, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julio Collazo, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Al Abreu, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jose De Paulo, Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - To-Tiko, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Milestone Records
Pat Patrick, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Serrano, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mongo Santamaria, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julio Collazo, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Al Abreu, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jose De Paulo, Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - To-Tiko, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Milestone Records
Pat Patrick, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Serrano, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - CHICK COREA, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mongo Santamaria, Percussion, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Victor Venegas, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Ray Fowler, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julio Collazo, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Al Abreu, Flute, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jose De Paulo, Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - To-Tiko, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 Milestone Records
Album review
This single CD has all of the contents of the two Mongo Santamaria Riverside albums originally titled Mongo Explodes and Go, Mongo! The music was last available as a two-LP set also titled Skins. The 1964 session, oddly programmed first, finds Santamaria on conga and bongos at the head of a ten-piece band also including trumpeter Marty Sheller, then-unknown flutist Hubert Laws (also featured on piccolo and tenor), Bobby Capers on alto and baritone, and a seven-piece rhythm section with five percussionists. Cornetist Nat Adderley guests on three of the ten numbers, which are all group originals, including four songs from Sheller. The early dates (Mongo's first as the leader of a fairly jazz-oriented Latin group) have Santamaria leading a completely different band, a nonet with just three percussionists. Most notable among the personnel are the young Chick Corea on piano and Pat Patrick, on leave from Sun Ra's band, as one of the two saxophonists. This time around, Mongo contributed four of the nine fairly obscure numbers. Although some of the songs on the 1964 date were put together in hopes of duplicating the commercial success of "Watermelon Man" (none succeeded), the music still sounds fairly fresh and lively. An excellent introduction to Mongo Santamaria's viable brand of Afro-Cuban jazz.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:10
- Main artists: Mongo Santamaria
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Milestone
- Genre: Jazz
© 1976 Milestone Records This Compilation ℗ 1976 Milestone Records
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