Watermelon Man (1962) more music like this

by Mongo Santamaria

Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" was a gigantic hit for Mongo Santamaria in 1963, doing for him in the '60s what Pérez 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 ...

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Skin on Skin: The Mongo Santamaria Anthology 1958-1995 (1999) more music like this

by Mongo Santamaria

Licensing power makes Rhino's two-CD Mongo Santamaria anthology a good choice for the newcomer, for it gathers together 34 tracks from 23 albums on seven labels, covering most of Mongo's long career. Even if you already have the Mongo collections issued by Fantasy, Columbia, and Concord Picante, this one duplicates surprisingly little of the music ...

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