Mongo Santamaria

2 LPs ON 1 CD

This release presents two complete original Mongo Santamaría LPs, Sabroso (Fantasy LP8058) and its companion Más Sabroso (Fantasy LP8071). The Santamaría band of the period included a who’s who of Latin Jazz artists, including such names as tenor saxophonist José “Chombo” Silva, violinist Félix “Pupi” Legarreta, percussionist Willie Bobo, and as a guest star on the second album, Brazilian pianist João Donato.

PERSONNEL:

MONGO SANTAMARIA , conga drums, on all tracks, plus:

[1-13] ¡Sabroso!:
Louis Valizán, Marcus Cabuto (tp), Rolando Lozano (fl), José “Chombo” Silva (ts, vln),
René Hernández (p), Félix “Pupi” Legarreta (vln), Víctor Venegas (b),
Willie Bobo (timbales), Bayardo Verlardi, Pete Escovedo (perc, vcl), Rudy Calzado (vcl).
San Francisco, 1960.

[14-23] Más Sabroso:
José “Chombo” Silva (ts), Félix “Pupi” Legarreta (vln), Rolando Lozano (fl), João Donato (p),
Víctor Venegas (b), Cuco Martínez (timbales), Willie Bobo (d), Rudy Calzado (vcl).
San Francisco, 1961.

TRACKS:

01 Qué Maravilloso
02 En La Felicidad
03 Pachanga Pa’ Ti
04 Tuli Bamba
05 Mambo Cuco
06 El Bote
07 Pito Pito
08 Guaguancó Manía
09 Ja, Ja-Ja
10 Tula Hula
11 Dímelo
12 A La Luna;
13 Para Ti
14 Mongo’s Theme
15 Entre Amigos
16 Hilda Melodía
17 Pay Joaquín
18 Lucy Cha
19 Manteca
20 Federico
21 Eres Tú
22 Esta Melodía
23 Guaguancó Flamenco

TOTAL TIME 78:43