Mongo's Way - Mongo Santamaria

 

Congo Blue

Mongo's Way

Mongo Santamaria

Featuring Armando Peraza

Produced by Joel Dorn

All selection were arranged and conducted by Marty Sheller except for Sometimes Bread which was arranged by Sonny Henry and Geechee Girl which was arranged by Neal Creque

Recorded at Regent Sound Studios and Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, N.Y.

Recording and Mixing Engineers: Lewis Hahn

Album Design: Stanislaw Zagorski

Album Photography: Jim Cummins

Atlantic Records SD 1581

1971

Conga Drums - Mongo Santamaria

Bongos & Conga - Armando Peraza

Chekere - Julito Collazo

Trumpets & Percussion - Ray Maldonado

Percussion - Marty Sheller

Drums - Bernard Purdie & Don Alias

Tumpet - Lou Soloff

Tenor Saxophone - Grant Reed

Guitar - Eric Gale

Bass - Chuck Rainey & Israel "Cachao" Lopez

Piano & Electric Piano - Neal Creque

Electric Bass - Eddie "Gau-Gua" Rivera

Flute & Vibes - Roger Glenn

Percussion - Angel Allende

Stanley Turrentine plays tenor saxophone on The Letter and Featherbed Lane, courtesy of CTI Records

Vocals - Cissy Houston, Sylvia Shemwell, Judy Clay & Myrna Smith

From Billboard - March 27, 1971: Mongo is back with a bigger sound and the same conga accents and Latin twists that have rhythmized his sound for years. Stanley Turrentine plays tenor sax on "The Letter" and "Featherbed Land," while Cissy Houston, Judy Clay & Friends ass their voices to the percussive pace. Neal Creque stands out on piano, as does Eric Gale on guitar and Roger Glenn on flute and vibes.

Tell It

The Letter

Listen Here

Sometimes Bread

Geechee Girl

Hippo Walk

Feathered Lane

Saoco 

Afro Walk

Congo Blue