Jungle Echoes

The Jungle Chase

Jungle Echoes
Chaino and his African Percussion Safari
Omega Records OSL 7 1959

Chaino is one of the elusive figures of space age pop. After growing up in Chicago, Leon Johnson left home and lived a fairly wild life, eventually taking up the bongos and making a name for himself as "Chaino" (taken perhaps from the great Cuban conga player, Chano Pozo?) on the "chitlins" circuit of black nightclubs. More at Space Age Pop

Great cover and wild exotica music, much of which is spiced up with grunts and groans. The B side leads off with a long and very funky track titled: Jungle Drum Variations. This is a cool recording.