【Jazz talk ：466】Watermelon Man!
Album name :
Afro Latin JAZZ (SOUL) world figure "Mongo Santamaria", a masterpiece album released by Battle in '63!' The LATIN-SOUL arrangement of Herbie Hancock's '62 masterpiece "Watermelon Man", also known as British MOD Manfred Mann and other Kava, which became a big hit at No. 8 on the R&B chart in 1963 (POP No. 10) Cava, Midtempo Wild LATIN-/SOUL "Get The Money", "Yeh-Yeh!" ranked 92nd in the U.S., known for Georgie Fame's 64 Cava All 12 other songs!
Performer :
Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez (April 7, 1917 – February 1, 2003) was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States. Primarily a conga drummer, Santamaría was a leading figure in the pachangaand boogaloo dance crazes of the 1960s. His biggest hit was his rendition of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man", which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. From the 1970s, he recorded mainly salsa and Latin jazz, before retiring in the late 1990s.
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やっぱり、JAZZは素敵
今日は、Watermelon Man!
Mongo Santamaría
いいですよこれ。夏に聴きたいかなー
是非、お試しください！
ありがとう 素晴らしいアルバム
