At The Blackhawk

Mongo Santamaria

Fantasy

A 2-on-1 release that collects together LPs from 1962 and 1964 both of which were recorded live at the Blackhawk in San Francisco in 1962.

Tracks

• Bluchanga (Donato)
• Tenderly (Gross / Lawrence)
• Descarga at the Black Hawk (Donato)
• Bacoso (Lozano / Martinez / Venegas)
• Sabor (Donato)
• All the Things You Are (Hammerstein / Kern)
• Pachanga Twist (Santamaria)
• Las Guajiras (Santamaria)
• Para Ti (Santamaria)
• Body and Soul (Eyton / Green / Heyman / Sour)
• Merengue Changa (Irzarry)
• Dulce Sueño (Lozano)
• Mambo Terrifico (Lozano)
• Close Your Eyes (Petkere)

Musicians include;

• Mongo Santamaria - percussion
• Rolando Lozano - wood flute
• Jose Chombo Silva - tenor saxophone
• Pupi Legarreta - violin
• Rene Hernandez - piano
• João Donato - piano, trombone
• Victor Venegas - bass
• Willie Bobo - timbales
• Rudy Calzado - percussion
• Julio Collazo - percussion
• Cuco Martinez - timbales

The material on this album was originally released on;

• Viva Mongo!, Mongo Santamaria, 1962
• Mighty Mongo, Mongo Santamaria, 1964