Mongo's Greatest Hits
Mongo Santamaria - CD
- Artist: Mongo Santamaria
- Year: 1995
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 025218243520
- Item Number: 21824352
- Release date: 11/16/1996
- 1. Afro Blue
- 2. Mi Novia
- 3. Linda Guajira
- 4. Pito Pito
- 5. Mazacote
- 6. Para Ti
- 7. Watermelon Man
- 8. Manteca
- 9. Sabroso
- 10. Conga Pa Gozar
- 11. Federico
- 12. Mi Guaguanco [Bonus Track]
- 13. Para Ti [Alternate Take][Live][Bonus Track]
- 14. Las Guajiras [Live][Bonus Track]
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Mongo's Greatest Hits by Mongo Santamaria on CD
This is a excellent single-disc sampler of what Mongo Santamaria was like before "Watermelon Man" catapulted him into the charts. Some of the Fantasy tracks sound like the musicians were just off the boat from Havana, and are a bit primitive in contrast to the brassy Santamaria of the mid- to late '60s, but they have overwhelming charm. The revered "Afro-Blue" can be heard in its original, spooky, stripped-down form, and it would be hard for anyone to resist the voodoo spell that the ten-plus minute "Mazacote" conveys. Besides Santamaria himself, included among the world-class percussionists on this record are Willie Bobo and Armando Peraza. The CD version adds four tracks, including "Watermelon Man" from the Battle/Riverside period and an alternate take of "Para Ti." ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi
- Artist: Mongo Santamaria
- Year: 1995
- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC: 025218243520
- Item Number: 21824352
- Release date: 11/16/1996
- Label: Umgd/Fantasy
- Genre: Jazz, Latin
- Style: World Fusion, Salsa, Latin Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Cuban Jazz
- Album Time: 63:29
- Afro-Roots
- Brazilian Sunset
- El Pussy Cat
- Feelin' Alright
- Fuego
- Instant Party
- Les Incontournables
- Mambo Mongo [Chesky]
- Mambo Mongo [Chesky]
- Mongo at the Village Gate
- Mongo Explodes
- Mongo Santamaria's Greatest Hits [Columbia Bonus Tracks]
- Mongo Santamaria's Greatest Hits [Columbia Bonus Tracks]
- Mongo's Way/Up from the Roots
- Montreux Heat
- Mucho Mongo: Soca Me Nice/Olé Ola
- Only the Best of Mongo Santamaria
- Our Man in Havana
- Skin on Skin: The Mongo Santamaria Anthology 1958-1995
- Watermelon Man (Import)
- Live at Jazz Alley
- Afro Blue: The Picante Collection
- Latino
- Arriba!
- Sabroso!
- Summertime (Import)
- Mongo Introduces La Lupe
- Mongo Explodes/Watermelon Man (Import)
- Afro-American Latin
- Mongo Santamaria's Greatest Hits [Columbia Bonus Tracks]
- Mongo '70 (Import)
- Up from the Roots (Import)
- Mongo at Montreux (Import)
- Mambo Mongo [Chesky]
- Mambo Mongo [Chesky]
- Mongo '70/Mongo at Montreux
- El Bravo!
- Mongo Santamaria : Red Hot
- Afro Indio/a La Carte
- The Best of the Fania Years
- Afro Rhythm (Import)
- Afro-Indio
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- Latin Kings
- SANTAMARIA,MONGO: MONGO '70
- SANTAMARIA,MONGO: MONGO'S WAY
- SANTAMARIA,MONGO: UP FROM THE ROOTS
- SANTAMARIA,MONGO: FEELIN' ALRIGHT
- Afro-Indio
- Drums and Chants
- La Carte
- The Best of the Fania Years
- Free Spirit (Espiritu Libre)
- Afro Cuban Drum Beaters
- Sabroso!/Mas Sabroso (Import)
- Sofrito
- Live in the Netherlands
- Composers:
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Performers:
- Nino Rivera - Tres
- Francisco Aguabella - Conga
- Modesto Duran - Conga
- Willie 3030 - Timbales
- Willie Bobo - Timbales
- Armando Peraza - Bongos, Conga, Percussion
- Carlos Vidal - Conga, Percussion
- Carlos Yidal - Conga, Percussion
- Chombo Silva - Sax (Tenor)
- Felix "Pupi" Legarreta - Violin
- Joao Donato - Piano
- Jose Chombo Silva - Sax (Tenor)
- Mongo Santamaria - Conga, Percussion
- Rolando Lozano - Flute
- Rudy Calizado - Vocals
- Rudy Calzado - Vocals
- Credits:
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