Mongo Santamaría
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Cuban musician (1917–2003)
Film & TV
Havana, Cuba
Ramón 'Mongo' Santamaría Rodríguez was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States. Primarily a conga drummer, he was a leading figure in the pachanga and boogaloo dance crazes of the 1960s.
Known for
- Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York — Self (archive footage)2021
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) — Self - Performer (archive footage)2021
- Salsa1976
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Cuba
- Active from
- 1922-04-07
- Active to
- 2003-02-01
Discography
- Drums and Chants1957
- Mongo1959
- Sabroso!1959
- Arriba - La Pachanga1961
- Go, Mongo!1962
- Mighty Mongo1962
- Mongo Introduces La Lupe1963
- Watermelon Man!1963
- El Pussy Cat1965
- La Bamba1965
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 23,366
- Total plays
- 164,001
Tags
Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría (April 7, 1922 in Havana, Cuba – February 1, 2003) was an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard "Afro Blue," recorded by John Coltrane among others. His 1963 hit rendition of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. In 1950 he moved to New York where he played with Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Fania All Stars, etc. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mongo+San
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ramón
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Place of birth
- Havana
- Place of death
- Miami
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- Latin jazz
- Instrument
- conga
- Record label
- Fantasy
- Image
- Mongo Santamaria 1969.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1922-04-07
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of death
- 2003-02-01
- cause of death
- stroke
- name
- Mongo Santamaría
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
- birth name
- Ramón Santamaría Rodríguez
- second family name in Spanish name
- Rodríguez
- Commons category
- Mongo Santamaria
- ethnic group
- Afro-Cuban
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