Atlantic · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Mongo's Way
| Recorded | Oct 14 & Dec 23, 1970 |
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| Label | Atlantic |
| Released | 1970 |
| Personnel | 16 credited players |
| Discogs | master 335170 |
The record
Recorded for Atlantic with a rhythm section stacked two-deep on bass and drums, this date pairs Bernard Purdie's funk pocket against the conga lineage of Cachao and Armando Peraza. Marty Sheller's arrangements hold the whole thing together without smoothing out its edges.
Session personnel
- Chuck Rainey — bass
- Israel "Cachao" López — bass
- Marty Sheller — conductor, percussion
- Mongo Santamaria — congas
- Bernard Purdie — drums
- Don Alias — drums
- Eddie Rivera — electric bass
- Armando Peraza — featuring, bongos, congas
- Roger Glenn — flute, vibraphone
- Eric Gale — guitar
- Angel Allende — percussion
- Neal Creque — piano, electric piano
- Grant Reed — tenor saxophone
- Stanley Turrentine — tenor saxophone
- Lew Soloff — trumpet
- Ray Maldonado — trumpet, percussion
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 19 pressings on file.
| 1971 | Atlantic · SD 1581 — Vinyl, LP, Album, PR - Presswell Pressing earliest on file · laminated sleeve |
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| 1971 | Atlantic · SD 1581 — Vinyl, LP, Album, RI - Philips Pressing |
| 1971 | Atlantic · K 440210 — Cassette |
| 1971 | Atlantic · SD 1581 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono |
| 1971 | Atlantic · 40.210 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1971 | Atlantic · K 40210 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1971 | Atlantic · ATC 9306 (SD 1581) — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Mono |
| 1971 | Atlantic · SD 1581 — Vinyl, LP, Album, MO - Monarch Pressing |
| 1971 | Atlantic · SD 1581 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1971 | Atlantic · SD 1581 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 1971 | Atlantic · SD 1581 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, CTH |
| 1971 | Atlantic · M 51581 — Cassette, Album, Stereo |
| 1971 | Atlantic · SD 1581 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Stereo, RI - Philips Pressing |
| 1971 | Atlantic · SD 1581 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, White Label, PR - Presswell Pressing · laminated sleeve |
Follow the players
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