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Skin on Skin: The Mongo Santamaria Anthology 1958-1995 | 
 enlarge | Artist: Mongo Santamaria
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $29.98
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 148863
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 1
MPN: 75689
UPC: 081227568924
EAN: 0081227568924
ASIN: B00000IL69
Release Date: April 20, 1999
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Disc 1
| | Afro Blue - Mongo Santamaria, Santamaria, Mongo | | | Chano Pozo - Mongo Santamaria, Santamaria, Mongo | | | Yambu - Mongo Santamaria, Santamaria, Mongo | | | Mongorama - Mongo Santamaria, Santamaria, Mongo | | | Barandanga - Mongo Santamaria, Peraza, Armando | | | Guaguanco Mania - Mongo Santamaria, Samtamaria, Mongo | | | Para Ti - Mongo Santamaria, Santamaria, Mongo | | | Las Guajiras - Mongo Santamaria, Samtamaria, Mongo | | | Tenderly - Mongo Santamaria, Gross, Walter | | | Bacoso - Mongo Santamaria, Venegas, Victor | | | Introduction by "Symphony Sid" - Mongo Santamaria, | | | My Sound - Mongo Santamaria, Santamaria, Mongo | | | Canta Bajo - Mongo Santamaria, Patrick, Pat | | | Watermelon Man - Mongo Santamaria, Hancock, Herbie | | | Sweet 'Tater Pie - Mongo Santamaria, Grand, Rodgers | | | Dirty Willie - Mongo Santamaria, Sheller, Marty | | | Happy Now - Mongo Santamaria, Santamaria, Mongo | | | Cuidado - Mongo Santamaria, Sheller, Marty |
Disc 2
| | Cinderella - Mongo Santamaria, Laws, Hubert | | | Black Stockings - Mongo Santamaria, Laws, Hubert | | | Summertime - Mongo Santamaria, Heyward, Dubose | | | Cold Sweat - Mongo Santamaria, Brown, James [1] | | | Fever - Mongo Santamaria, Davenport, John [1] | | | Adobo Criollo - Mongo Santamaria, Creque, Neal | | | Hippo Walk - Mongo Santamaria, Sheller, Marty | | | Saoco - Mongo Santamaria, Peraza, Armando | | | Sofrito - Mongo Santamaria, Creque, Neal | | | Virtue - Mongo Santamaria, Mouzon, Alphonse | | | Forked Tongue - Mongo Santamaria, Sheller, Marty | | | Little Angel - Mongo Santamaria, Martinez, Eddy | | | Mayeya - Mongo Santamaria, Santamaria, Mongo | | | Manteca - Mongo Santamaria, Gillespie, Dizzy | | | Bahia - Mongo Santamaria, Barroso, Ary | | | Panamanian Aire - Mongo Santamaria, Henry, Clarence |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
It's not just that this Latin jazz pioneer makes his tumbadoro (conga drum) sing--it's the depth and breadth of his music that most impresses. After serving apprenticeships with mambo kings Perez Prado and Tito Puente and Latin jazz bandleader Cal Tjader, Mongo went solo in 1951. "Afro Blue," his first significant composition, was covered by John Coltrane. He made a Top 40 hit out of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" and was at the forefront of the Latin boogaloo craze with his cover of James Brown's "Cold Sweat." Yet the bulk of his work remains anchored in his native Cuban folk forms. His bands have always included a fertile, bluesy blend of salseros and jazz players. Though licensing hassles prevented the inclusion of any of his work from 1972 to 1987, his most important sides are here. --John Morthland
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| Customer Reviews:
The Mongo Santamaria Anthology April 12, 2006
Oswald Placeres (Marrakesh, Morocco)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
One of the best, CD's from the Master Cuban conga drummer Mongo Santamaria. This is a great collection of all his hits during his lifetime, a must for every conga player. Here you will hear him play his famous conga solos, and the Afro-Cuban Jazz songs, that made him a unique conga player of all times! However, check all of his CD's, you will find other songs (not included here) that you will enjoy. Frankly speaking all his recordings are good! I know because while on duty tour in Europe, Mongo Santamaria's music is very famous, I have come across some recordings that are not available in the U.S. I have started collecting all his recordings that are available in the market. He is my favorite conga player. Unfortunately Ramon (Mongo) Santamaria departed on 2003 at Baptist Hospital in Miami. But his music and style will live forever. If you like his music check out Museo del disco in Miami. They have all of his recordings and other Cuban conga players contemporaries, such as Armando Peraza, Francisco Aquabella, Candido Camero, Carlos (Patato) Valdez, Chano Pozo, Tata Guines, Los Papines, Los Munequitos de Matanzas, Justi Barreto, Alberto Zayaz, Virgilio Marti, Pedro (Pello El Afrokan) Izquierdo and Lazaro (Manteca) Pla. I have met some of these guys at one time or another and they are the best on the market regarding Conga playing, believe it or not!
Great recordings January 19, 2006
Angel Encarnacion (Orlando, FL)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This anthology is awesome. Afro Blue, Cinderella,Black Stockins, all are great but the one that drives me crazy is Mayeya with the incredible Charlie Palmieri doing his magic. Great, great material from the master Mongo Santamaria.
The best of mongo. October 24, 2003
mariano (CHILE)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
We can talk about latin jazz, or afro cuban music, percussion, or just latin music, and in the conversation, we have to mention Mongo Santamaria.
This is one of the finest musicians of latin jazz. his influence is everywere. This cd is a compilation of all the stages in his career. You have to have it. There's nothing more to say.
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