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- Mongo_Santamaría abstract "Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez (April 7, 1917 – February 1, 2003) was a rumba quinto master and 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. In 1950 he moved to New York where he played with Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Fania All Stars, etc. He was an integral figure in the fusion of Afro-Cuban rhythms with R&B and soul, paving the way for the boogaloo era of the late 1960s. His 1963 hit rendition of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.Mongo Santamaría was one of a handful of Cuban congueros ("conga players") who came to the United States in the 1940s and '50s. Other notable congueros who came to the U.S. during that time include Armando Peraza, Chano Pozo, Francisco Aguabella, Julito Collazo, Carlos Vidal Bolado and Modesto Durán. Many consider Santamaría to have been the greatest conga drummer of the twentieth century. Santamaría inspired the stage name of Japanese actor Yūsuke Santamaria. Additionally, his name is used as a pun in the film Blazing Saddles. When the character Mongo enters a scene, a Spanish-speaking peasant cries, "Mongo! Santa Maria!" before fleeing in terror.".
- Mongo_Santamaría alias "Mongo".
- Mongo_Santamaría background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- Mongo_Santamaría birthDate "1917-04-07".
- Mongo_Santamaría birthPlace Cuba.
- Mongo_Santamaría birthPlace Havana.
- Mongo_Santamaría birthYear "1917".
- Mongo_Santamaría deathDate "2003-02-01".
- Mongo_Santamaría deathPlace Miami.
- Mongo_Santamaría deathYear "2003".
- Mongo_Santamaría genre Brown-eyed_soul.
- Mongo_Santamaría genre Latin_jazz.
- Mongo_Santamaría occupation Musician.
- Mongo_Santamaría thumbnail Mongo_Santamaria_1969.JPG?width=300.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageExternalLink mongo-santamaria-life-of-a-living-legend.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageExternalLink Mongo_Santamaria_Conga_Solo.pdf.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageID "1040059".
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageLength "13001".
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageOutDegree "85".
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageRevisionID "683868610".
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Afro-Cuban.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Afro_(album).
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Afro_Blue.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Armando_Peraza.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Battle_Records_(record_label).
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Beat_music.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Blazing_Saddles.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Bongo_drum.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Bongos.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Boogaloo.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Brown-eyed_soul.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Caballero_Rivero_Woodlawn_Park_North_Cemetery_and_Mausoleum.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Cal_Tjader.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Carlos_Embale.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Carlos_Vidal_Bolado.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Category:1917_births.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Category:2003_deaths.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Category:Afro-Cuban_jazz_percussionists.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Category:Columbia_Records_artists.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Category:Conga_players.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Category:Cuban_people_of_African_descent.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Category:Cuban_percussionists.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fania_Records_artists.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Category:Grammy_Award_winners.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Category:Latin_jazz_percussionists.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Category:Milestone_Records_artists.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Category:Riverside_Records_artists.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Chano_Pozo.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Che!.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Che!_(1969_film).
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Chick_Corea.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Cross-beat.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Cross-rhythm.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Cuba.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Cuban_Rumba.
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- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Dizzy_Gillespie.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Fania_All-Stars.
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- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Francisco_Aguabella.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Grammy.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Grammy_Award.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Grammy_Hall_of_Fame.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Havana.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Hemiola.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Herbie_Hancock.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Jazz_standard.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink John_Coltrane.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Julito_Collazo.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Justo_Betancourt.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink La_Lupe.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Lalo_Schifrin.
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- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Merceditas_Valdés.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Mexico.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Miami.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Milestone_Records.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Motown.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Musician.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink New_York.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Ostinato.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Paul_Horn_(musician).
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Percussion_instrument.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Perez_Prado.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Plenty_of_Horn_(Paul_Horn_album).
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Pérez_Prado.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Quinto_(drum).
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink R&B.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Religion.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Rhythm_and_blues.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Riverside_Records.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Rumba_quinto.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Soul_music.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Tito_Puente.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Toots_Thielemans.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Watermelon_Man_(composition).
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Willie_Bobo.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink Yūsuke_Santamaria.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLink File:Afro_blue_bass.jpg.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageWikiLinkText "M. Santamaria".