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1. Artist: Mongo Santamaria Genre: World, Jazz Release Date: Label: Prestige Catalog Number: PRCD Recording: Studio Length: Format: CD Note: A CD reissue of a mid-'70s repackaging of Mongo Santamaria's first two Fantasy albums, 's Yambu and 's Mongo.

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2. Mongo's Way / Up From The Roots by Mongo Santamaria - CD () for $ from erpsytenesleli.irandiegaditinitemamvahillstor.infoinfo Latin From the Vaults of Atlantic Records Series - Order by Phone Price: $

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3. Afro Roots, a Compilation of songs by Mongo Santamaría. Released in on Prestige (catalog no. PCD ; CD). Genres: Cuban Rumba.

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4. Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría (April 7, in Havana, Cuba – February 1, ) was an Afro-Cuban percussionist. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard "Afro Blue", as performed by John Coltrane among others. His hit rendition of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in In he moved to New York where he played with.

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5. Compact disc. Afro-Cuban rhythms. This compilation originally released as a 2-analog-disk set in Program notes by Ralph J. Gleason ([6] folded p.) inserted in container. "Since maximum playing time of a single CD could not accommodate the entire length of the original double-album release, one selection ("Mi Guaguanco") has been deleted.".

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6. 1. Perez Prado – Mambo del 65 – Mongo on congas, first time he was recorded on the instrument 2. Tito Puente – Four Beat Mambo – Mongo with Willie Bobo, and Patato 3. Mongo Santamaria’s Afro-Cuban Drums 4. Cal Djader Quintet – Afro-Blue – Tune with and by Mongo Santamaria 5.

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7. Some would say the title of this package is deceptive, as it only covers his mid- to late-'60s period with Columbia (and should not be confused with other Mongo Santamaria releases with similar titles covering different eras, such as Fantasy's). Furthermore, some would also say that it's not representative of Santamaria's best work, or that representative of Santamaria at all, since it's.

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8. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the Vinyl release of Afro Roots on Discogs/5(25).

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