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Artist: Mongo Santamaria
Author: Mongo Santamaria
Label: Fantasy
Year: 1959
With the Cal Tjader sextet on live album Concert By The Sea, soon landing Mongo a recording under his own name (lp Mongo), the first version released.
Covers:
Oscar Brown Jr. [vocal version; own lyrics]
John Coltrane [see footnote]
Doors [main theme used in Universal Mind on Absolutely Live]
Gov't Mule [feat. Derek Trucks and in '15 with John Scofield]
In league with A Love Supreme and his interpretation of Sound Of Music-classic My Favorite Things, third key title for John Coltrane. He turned it into a standard. Coltrane's example was westcoast latin jazz bandleader Cal Tjader, who had Willie Bobo as a percussionist, Armando Peraza (later with Santana) on conga and the Cuban bongo player Mongo Santamaria.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)