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By now, Mongo Santamaria was basically tied to the formula of translating pop and soul hits of the day - "See Saw," "Love Child," "Little Green Apples" etc. - into his Latin soul jazz idiom, but he and his band perform with so much energy and pizzazz that the music seems anything but routine. Way up front on most of these tunes is featured soloist Sonny Fortune, wailing in a blatantly exciting R&B mode on alto sax. Marty Sheller does most of the hyped-up charts, but the best one may be the sensuous cha-cha treatment of "Where We Are" by pianist Rodgers Grant. Mongo even got a Top 40 hit (No. 32) out of his flaming treatment of the Temptations' "Cloud Nine" -- and he gets to work up a fine sweat on his "Hitchcock Railway" solo. A great match of a hot-tempered Latin band and commercial considerations.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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S. Cropper, Composer, Lyricist - D. Covay, Composer, Lyricist - Mongo Santamaria, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
R. Wilkins, Composer, Lyricist - J. Hurley, Composer, Lyricist - In Research, Producer - Mongo Santamaria, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
D. Richard, Composer, Lyricist - F. Wilson, Composer, Lyricist - P. Sawyer, Composer, Lyricist - In Research, Producer - R.D. Taylor, Composer, Lyricist - Mongo Santamaria, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
R. Grant, Composer, Lyricist - In Research, Producer - Mongo Santamaria, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
In Research, Producer - Mongo Santamaria, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - D. L. Dunn, Composer, Lyricist - T. L. McCashen, Composer, Lyricist
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
L. Nyro, Composer, Lyricist - In Research, Producer - Mongo Santamaria, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
B. Crutcher, Composer, Lyricist - H. BANKS, Composer, Lyricist - D. Davis, Composer, Lyricist - In Research, Producer - R. Jackson, Composer, Lyricist - Mongo Santamaria, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
In Research, Producer - W. Allen, Composer, Lyricist - Mongo Santamaria, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
In Research, Producer - Mongo Santamaria, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sidney Russell, Composer, Lyricist
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
In Research, Producer - B. STRONG, Composer, Lyricist - Mongo Santamaria, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - N. J. Whitfield, Composer, Lyricist
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
By now, Mongo Santamaria was basically tied to the formula of translating pop and soul hits of the day - "See Saw," "Love Child," "Little Green Apples" etc. - into his Latin soul jazz idiom, but he and his band perform with so much energy and pizzazz that the music seems anything but routine. Way up front on most of these tunes is featured soloist Sonny Fortune, wailing in a blatantly exciting R&B mode on alto sax. Marty Sheller does most of the hyped-up charts, but the best one may be the sensuous cha-cha treatment of "Where We Are" by pianist Rodgers Grant. Mongo even got a Top 40 hit (No. 32) out of his flaming treatment of the Temptations' "Cloud Nine" -- and he gets to work up a fine sweat on his "Hitchcock Railway" solo. A great match of a hot-tempered Latin band and commercial considerations.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:04
- Main artists: Mongo Santamaria
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia - Legacy
- Genre: Jazz
Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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