Our Man in Havana
ASIN: B000000XFM
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Our Man in Havana is in fact a compilation of two marvelous albums (Our Man in Havana and Bembe) recorded by conguero Ramon "Mongo" Santamaria in Havana in the early 1960s. By then, Santamaria, who had left Cuba in 1948, had already made his mark with Tito Puente and Cal Tjader and had released his classic piece "Afro-Blue." In the songs from the original Our Man, Santamaria tinkers with the standard instrumentation of the Cuban conjunto and the orquesta tipica and revisits classic styles such as cha cha. The second part of the set explores the ritual music of the Orishas (often referred to as Santeria) and traditional rumba. For this project, Santamaria assembled a group that included singers Merceditas Valdes and Carlos Embale and, for good measure, his friend Willie Bobo, the only non-Cuban. The austere recording and crisp playing bring out the beauty and power of this music, at once deeply spiritual and earthy. Mongo Santamaria went on to make his name in Latin jazz history with his playing, his bands, and his writing. But this album, showing his more traditional side, is a classic. --Fernando Gonzalez
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Our Man in Havana: The Very Best of Perez Prado
Perez Prado Manufacturer: Bmg/Camden ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  Cuba
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ASIN: B0000250MN Release Date: 1999-10-04 |
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Album Description
25 track retrospective for the King Of Mambo. Includes 'Guaglione', 'Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White', 'Patricia'and 'Mambo No.5'. 1998 Camden/ BMG release.Album Details
Fantastic Anthology from the Original King of Mambo. Includes the Original Version of Mambo No.5, Recently Interpolated by Lou Bega.
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Our Man in Havana
Mongo Santamaria Manufacturer: Fantasy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba
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ASIN: B000000XFM Release Date: 1993-03-21 |
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Amazon.com essential recording
Our Man in Havana is in fact a compilation of two marvelous albums (Our Man in Havana and Bembe) recorded by conguero Ramon "Mongo" Santamaria in Havana in the early 1960s. By then, Santamaria, who had left Cuba in 1948, had already made his mark with Tito Puente and Cal Tjader and had released his classic piece "Afro-Blue." In the songs from the original Our Man, Santamaria tinkers with the standard instrumentation of the Cuban conjunto and the orquesta tipica and revisits classic styles such as cha cha. The second part of the set explores the ritual music of the Orishas (often referred to as Santeria) and traditional rumba. For this project, Santamaria assembled a group that included singers Merceditas Valdes and Carlos Embale and, for good measure, his friend Willie Bobo, the only non-Cuban. The austere recording and crisp playing bring out the beauty and power of this music, at once deeply spiritual and earthy. Mongo Santamaria went on to make his name in Latin jazz history with his playing, his bands, and his writing. But this album, showing his more traditional side, is a classic. --Fernando Gonzalez
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Our Man in Havana
Mongo Santamaria Manufacturer: Zyx ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba
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ASIN: B000025IG8 |
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Amazon.com essential recording
Our Man in Havana is in fact a compilation of two marvelous albums (Our Man in Havana and Bembe) recorded by conguero Ramon "Mongo" Santamaria in Havana in the early 1960s. By then, Santamaria, who had left Cuba in 1948, had already made his mark with Tito Puente and Cal Tjader and had released his classic piece "Afro-Blue." In the songs from the original Our Man, Santamaria tinkers with the standard instrumentation of the Cuban conjunto and the orquesta tipica and revisits classic styles such as cha cha. The second part of the set explores the ritual music of the Orishas (often referred to as Santeria) and traditional rumba. For this project, Santamaria assembled a group that included singers Merceditas Valdes and Carlos Embale and, for good measure, his friend Willie Bobo, the only non-Cuban. The austere recording and crisp playing bring out the beauty and power of this music, at once deeply spiritual and earthy. Mongo Santamaria went on to make his name in Latin jazz history with his playing, his bands, and his writing. But this album, showing his more traditional side, is a classic. --Fernando Gonzalez|
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Our Man in Havana
Perez Prado Manufacturer: Msi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba
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ASIN: B00002EQ7Y Release Date: 1999-10-12 |
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