Description
PERSONNEL:
Mongo SantaMaría – bongo drums & leader
Marty Sheller – trumpet & arranger
Hubert Laws – flute and tenor sax
Bobby Capers – alto and baritone sax, flute
Carmelo Garcia – timbales and drums
Rodgers Grant – piano
Victor Venegas – bass
New York, early 1960s.
(*) BONUS TRACK
Mongo Santamaría & His Orchestra:
Marty Sheller (tp), Pat Patrick (as, fl), Bobby Capers (ts, fl), Rodgers Grant (p), Víctor Venegas (b), Frank Hernández, Kalil Madi (d), Mongo Santamaría (Conga drums), Kako, Joseph Gorgas (percussion), Osvaldo “Chihuahua” Martínez (percussion & vocals).
Plaza Sound Studios, New York City, December 17, 1962.
TRACKS:
SIDE A:
01 LA BAMBA
02 FATBACK
03 SUMMERTIME
04 MANHA DE CARNAVAL
05 JOSÉ OUTSIDE
06 COCONUT MILK
SIDE B:
01 WATERMELON MAN
02 DO IT TO IT
03 RICKY TICK
04 STREAK O’LEAN
05 JUST SAY GOODBYE
06 FROM ME TO YOU ALL
07 WATERMELON MAN [first version] (*)
