Mongo Santamaria ( Spanish: Mongo Santamaría ), real name Ramon Santamaría Rodríguez ; April 7, 1917 , Havana , Cuba - February 1, 2003 , Miami , Florida ) - Cuban jazz percussionist.
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Biography
Born April 7, 1917 in Havana , Cuba . He learned to play the violin , but switched to drums , which he inspired by Chano Poso . Until 1948, he played in leading Cuban groups, after which in 1948 he moved to Mexico City and then in 1950 to the USA in New York with his cousin Armando Peraza .
He worked with Gilberto Valdes, Perez Prado , George Shearing (1953) and Tito Puente . He became famous thanks to the collaboration with Cal Chader in 1957-1961. The first significant recordings in the USA were made in 1958 on the Fantasy label; his second Fantasy album, “Mongo” (1959), included the song “Afro-Blue,” which quickly became the standard in Latin jazz; it was re-recorded by John Coltrane , Dizzy Gillespie , Abby Lincoln and others. It was during this period that he recorded as a soloist on Riverside Columbia labels - later on Atlantic and Vaya. In 1963, recorded his biggest hit, Herbie Hancock 's Watermelon Man version, which took 8th place in R&B Singles and 10th on Billboard Hot 100 .
Santamaria continued to tour and record, focusing more on popular jazz, also working in Latin American, soul jazz and salsa, sometimes collaborating with jazz musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie and Jack McDuff .
He performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1971 and in 1981 with Gillespie. Recorded several albums on Concord Picante (1987-1990)
He died on February 1, 2003 at the Baptist Hospital in Miami , Florida at the age of 85 from a heart attack.
Discography
- Mongo (Fantasy, 1959)
- " Watermelon Man! "( Battle , 1963)
- Mongo at the Village Gate (Battle, 1963)
- “ Mongo Introduces La Lupe ” (Riverside, 1963); with la lupe
- "El Pussy Cat" ( Columbia , 1965)
- La Bamba (Columbia, 1965)
- Explosion (Riverside, 1966)
- Mongomania (Columbia, 1967)
- “Feelin 'Alright” ( Atlantic , 1970)
- Mongo at Montreux (Atlantic, 1971)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 134576047 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
Literature
- Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira. “The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz” - Oxford University Press; 1 ed., 2007 .-- 744 p. ISBN 978-0-19-532000-8