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- Date Released: July 9, 1962
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Latin Jazz
- Label: Fantasy / Milestone
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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.
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| 01. |  |
Skins |
3:33 |  |
| 02. | |
Fatback |
2:31 | |
| 03. | |
Hammer Head |
3:27 | |
| 04. | |
Dot, Dot, Dot |
5:09 | |
| 05. | |
Dirty Willie |
5:26 | |
| 06. | |
Sweeter 'Tater Pie |
2:42 | |
| 07. | |
Bembe Blue |
6:40 | |
| 08. | |
Dulce Amor |
5:09 | |
| 09. | |
Tacos |
2:35 | |
| 10. | |
Corn Bread Gujira |
2:39 | |
| 11. | |
Tumba Le Le |
4:17 | |
| 12. | |
Happy Now |
3:10 | |
| 13. | |
Country Song |
3:28 | |
| 14. | |
Congo Blue |
5:46 | |
| 15. | |
Carmela |
5:24 | |
| 16. | |
Hombre |
3:34 | |
| 17. | |
Chombolero |
4:38 | |
| 18. | |
Not Hardly |
4:18 | |
| 19. | |
African Song |
3:25 | |
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Credits
- Nat Adderley - Cornet // Nat Adderley - Cornet // Nat Adderley - Cornet // Nat Adderley - ? // Nat Adderley - ? // Nat Adderley - ? // Hubert Laws - Flute // Hubert Laws - Piccolo // Hubert Laws - Sax (Tenor) // Hubert Laws - ? // Paul Serrano - Trumpet // Paul Serrano - ? // Jimmy Cobb - Drums // Jimmy Cobb - ? // Marty Sheller - Percussion // Marty Sheller - Trumpet // Marty Sheller - ? // Alexander Abreu - Flute // Alexander Abreu - Saxophone // Alexander Abreu - ? // Julian Cabrera - Percussion // Bobby Capers - Sax (Alto) // Bobby Capers - Sax (Baritone) // Bobby Capers - Sax (Tenor) // Bobby Capers - ? // Julio Collazo - Timbales // Julio Collazo - ? // Chick Corea - Piano // Chick Corea - Piano // Chick Corea - Piano // Chick Corea - Piano // Chick Corea - Piano // Chick Corea - ? // Chick Corea - ? // Chick Corea - ? // Chick Corea - ? // Chick Corea - ? // Carmen Costa - Vocals // Carmen Costa - ? // Jose DePaulo - Guitar // Jose DePaulo - Percussion // Jose DePaulo - ? // Carmelo Garcia - Drums // Carmelo Garcia - Timbales // Carmelo Garcia - ? // Rodgers Grant - Piano // Rodgers Grant - ? // Marcelino Guerra - ? // Frank Hernandez - Timbales // Orrin Keepnews - Producer // Orrin Keepnews - Liner Notes // Wito Kortwright - Percussion // Wito Kortwright - Guica // Wito Kortwright - ? // Ray Lucas - Drums // Ray Lucas - ? // Osvaldo "Chihuahua" Martinez - Percussion // Osvaldo "Chihuahua" Martinez - ? // Pat Patrick - Flute // Pat Patrick - Saxophone // Pat Patrick - Sax (Alto) // Pat Patrick - ? // Elliot Romero - ? // Mongo Santamaria - Bongos // Mongo Santamaria - Conga // Mongo Santamaria - Main Performer // Mongo Santamaria - ? // To-Tiko - ? // Victor Venegas - Bass // Victor Venegas - ?
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