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Saturday, October 13, 2012

Crazy Bongo - Haji Baba

Baba
Crazy Bongo
Haji Baba
Modern MST 825

I didn't expect much from this budget LP on Modern. But who can pass up an album with "crazy" and "bongo" in the title? I was surprised to hear sophisticated small combo jazz, rather than the standard "crazy bongo" stuff.

I did a search for Haji Baba and wasn't rewarded with information on the man.

Crazy Bongos
Baba
Bongo Madness
Bongo Congo
Katanga
Bongo Cubano
El Rio Bongo
Panamania
Tabatinga
Bango Del Sol

1 comment:

  1. I think Haji Baba was an invention of Modern Records (or Crown Records...almost the same thing).
    This is actually the real álbum:
    https://archive.org/details/lp_jazz-heat-bongo-beat_latin-all-stars/mode/1up
    Blue Moon released it on CD:
    https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/buddy-collette-albums/1928-jazz-heat-bongo-beat.html

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