Even if not quite essential, this new release is drawn from the same 1980 Montreux Jazz Festival performance from which Santamaria’s live recording Summertime was previously released (Pablo, 1981) – ...

Michael “Mongo” Smith has seen Deep Ellum at best and at its worst. A veteran of the scene and a longtime friend of Dimebag Darrell and his brother Vinnie Paul, Mongo still frequents the clubs in the ...

2003 - Cuban-born conga player/percussionist Ramon "Mongo" Santamaria dies in a Miami hospital after suffering a stroke earlier in the week. He is 85. By Billboard Staff 2003 – Cuban-born conga player ...

side 1: Stanley Black and his Orchestra. The Music of Lecuona; side 2: Mongo Santamaria. Mango's Greatest Hits [tracks 1 and 2] Edmundo Ros and his Orchestra. Standards...In the Latin Manner [track 3 ...