Atlantic · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Mongo '70
| Recorded | May 12-15, 1970 |
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| Label | Atlantic |
| Released | 1970 |
| Personnel | 23 credited players |
| Discogs | master 84219 |
The record
Atlantic put Santamaria in a funkier setting for this 1970 date, Eric Gale's guitar and Jon Hart's electric bass greasing up rhythms his congas had been building for a decade. Trevor Lawrence's baritone adds weight to the horn charts.
Session personnel
- Trevor Lawrence — baritone saxophone
- Mongo Santamaria — congas, bongos
- Charles Williamson — cornet
- Jimmy Johnson — drums
- Jon Hart — electric bass
- Eric Gale — guitar
- Sonny Henry — guitar
- Julio Collazo — percussion
- Osvaldo Martinez — percussion
- Pelayo Diaz — percussion
- Neal Creque — piano, electric piano
- George Ricci — strings [section], cello
- Kermit Moore — strings [section], cello
- Alfred Brown — strings [section], viola
- Selwart Clarke — strings [section], viola
- Emanuel Green — strings [section], violin
- Gene Orloff — strings [section], violin
- Harry Lookofsky — strings [section], violin
- Joe Malin — strings [section], violin
- Grant Reed — tenor saxophone, flute
- Angel Allende — timbales, percussion
- Israel Gonzalez — trumpet
- Roger Glenn — vibraphone, flute
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 18 pressings on file.
| 1970 | Atlantic · SD 1567 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Presswell pressing earliest on file |
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| 1970 | Atlantic |
| 1970 | Atlantic · SD 1567 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo |
| 1970 | Atlantic · SD-1567 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Test Pressing |
| 1970 | Atlantic · SD 1567 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1970 | Atlantic · SD 1567 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1970 | Atlantic · SD 1567 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1970 | Atlantic · SD 1567 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Monarch pressing |
| 1970 | Atlantic · 2330 039 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo |
| 1970 | Atlantic · SD 1567 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono |
| 1970 | Atlantic · ATC 9271 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1970 | Atlantic · SD 1567 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Terre Haute Pressing |
| 2002 | Atlantic · 81227 3634-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Digipak |
| 2002 | Atlantic · 8122 73634 1 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue |
Follow the players
Trevor Lawrence also plays on
Mongo Santamaria also plays on
Jimmy Johnson also plays on