Mongo Santamaria - Our Man In Havana 1960 Original DG FANTASY 8045 Stereo
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Mongo Santamaria
Our Man In Havana
- 1960 original, 1st pressing.
- Fantasy Records - 6058 Stereo
- VINYL GRADE : EX+ to EX++ (8/12)
- Vinyl looks EX+ to EX++ : light marks and faint scuffs.
- Vinyl plays EX+ to EX++, mostly EX++ : light background crackle faint in some quiet passages; some light clicks on side 2.
- Deep-Groove labels are EX+ to EX++
- Cover is EX to EX+ : intact seams; various imperfections.
- The original inner-sleeve has intact seams.
- Out of print original ~
- The vinyl plays mostly EX++; play-grade is slightly higher than the visual-grade.
..."recorded in 1960 during a visit to Cuba by Mongo Santamaria and Willie Bobo."..."featuring an unusual mixture of instruments for a Cuban band: two trumpets, flute, piano, tres (Nino Rivera), bass, timbales, bongos, guiro, conga, and two vocalists. The playing by the local musicians is of high quality, and the ten selections are quite enjoyable."...
A Mongo Santamaria concert is a mesmerizing spectacle for both eyes and ears, and even in his seventies, this seemingly ageless Cuban percussionist/bandleader could energize packed behemoth arenas such as the Hollywood Bowl. A master conguero, Santamaria at his best creates an incantatory spell rooted in Cuban religious rituals, quietly seating himself before his congas and soloing with total command over the rhythmic spaces between the beats while his band pumps out an endless vamp "..."He has been hugely influential as a leader, running durable bands that combine the traditional charanga with jazz-oriented brass, wind, and piano solos, featuring such future notables as Chick Corea and Hubert Laws. He also reached out into R&B, rock, and electric jazz at times in his long career. No Cuban percussionist, with the possible exception of Santana's Armando Peraza (and let's not count Desi Arnaz!), has reached more listeners than Mongo.
Ramon "Mongo" Santamaria originally took up the violin but then switched to drums before dropping out of school to become a professional musician. A performer at the Tropicana Club in Havana, Mongo traveled to Mexico City with a dance team in 1948 and then moved to New York City in 1950, where he made his American debut with Pérez Prado and spent six years trading percussive barrages with Tito Puente and performing and recording with Cal Tjader (1957-1960). Mongo's first significant recordings in America were made in 1958 for Fantasy; his second Fantasy album, Mongo (1959), contained a composition called "Afro-Blue," which quickly became a Latin jazz standard, taken up by John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, and others.
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EX is used in place of VG (some listings may have the VG scale).
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Half points & grades : (example: EX++ to M-, mostly M- is a 10.5/12)
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12 - MINT / NEW SEALED
11 - MINT-
10 - EX++ to MINT-
9 - EX++
8 - EX+ to EX++
7 - EX+
6 - EX to EX+
5 - EX
4 - EX- to EX
3 - EX-
2 - Poor to EX-
1 - Poor/Worst/Ruined/Unplayable
Note : possible camera-glare on the cover and other surfaces.
Includes a HQ inner-sleeve (pictured) which the vinyl is stored in after being professionally machine-cleaned and graded.
Packaged protectively for safe and secure shipping with USPS tracking.
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