Mongo Santamaría
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Cuban musician (1917–2003)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Cuba
- Active from
- 1922-04-07
- Active to
- 2003-02-01
Discography
- Drums and Chants1957
- Mongo1959
- Sabroso!1959
- Arriba - La Pachanga1961
- Go, Mongo!1962
- Mighty Mongo1962
- Mongo Introduces La Lupe1963
- Watermelon Man!1963
- El Pussy Cat1965
- La Bamba1965
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 23,366
- Total plays
- 164,001
Tags
Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría (April 7, 1922 in Havana, Cuba – February 1, 2003) was an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard "Afro Blue," recorded by John Coltrane among others. His 1963 hit rendition of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. In 1950 he moved to New York where he played with Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Fania All Stars, etc. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mongo+San
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- Mongo Santamaria 1969.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1922-04-07
- date of death
- 2003-02-01
- name
- Mongo Santamaría
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- birth name
- Ramón Santamaría Rodríguez
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- Mongo Santamaria
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