Mongo Santamaria – Watermelon Man – 180g

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Artist: Mongo Santamaria | Label:Cornbread| Format: LP | Genre: World / Salsa |Album Condition: New | Cover Condition:Sealed

Mongo Santamaria
Watermelon Man
Cornbread 16054 – re-issue LP on 180g vinyl

Herbie Hancock’s Watermelon Man was a gigantic hit for Mongo Santamaria in 1962, doing for him in the ’60s what Prez Prado’s big mambo hits did for him in the ’50s. Naturally, then, the follow-up LP to the single is devoted to 12 airplay-length tracks loaded with bright, swinging Latin cha-chas and mambo rhythms mixed with blues, soul, and jazz, presumably suitable for twisting the night away. Rodgers Grant’s piano supplies a good deal of the harmonic foundation of jazz, with the help of an occasional jazz solo from saxes Pat Patrick and Bobby Capers, while Marty Sheller’s commanding party-time trumpet rides above Santamaria’s thundering congas. In this setting, even the venerable “The Peanut Vendor” is brought right up to date. Personnel is: Mongo Santamaria – conga, drums, Marty Sheller – trumpet, Bobby Capers & Pat Patrick – saxes, Mauricio Smith – flute, Rodgers Grant – piano, Victor Venegas – bass, & Ray Lucas – drums. RecordedNew York, December 17, 1962

Tracks are:
Watermelon Man
Funny Money
Cut the Cane!
Get The Money
The Boogie Cha Cha Blues
Don’t Bother Me No More
Love, Oh Love
Yeh-Yeh
The Peanut Vendor
Go Git It!
Bayou Roots
Suavito

NEW SEALED re-issue LP