Mongo Santamaria was a great Cuban conga player (“conguero”) who most people don’t know about. Even though for tropical Latin music lovers, percussionists and drummers, he is a veritable god. He’s ...
The Jesús Maria district in the oldest part of Havana, Cuba, might be pretty much overlooked if not for the fact that, 100 years ago Friday, Ramon Santamaria was born there. "Mongo" Santamaria was ...
A key figure in the New York City dance scene, Joe Claussell rifled through the vast archives of esteemed Latin label Fania and remixed some of his favorites for a new compilation called Africa Caribe ...
Mongo Santamaria was born and raised in Havana, Cuba in 1917 and came to the U.S. in the 1950's. His musical genius carried him through the bands of Perez Prado, Cal Tjader, and Tito Puente. In the 60 ...
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