Milestone · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Skins
| Recorded | Jul 9, 1962 |
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| Label | Milestone |
| Released | 1962 |
| Personnel | 22 credited players |
| Discogs | master 472908 |
The record
A percussion-forward summit built around the conga master's own kit, stacking three drummers alongside a horn line that includes Nat Adderley's cornet and Pat Patrick's reeds. Early-60s Latin jazz at its most rhythmically dense, cut for Milestone as the boogaloo era loomed.
Session personnel
- Bobby Capers — alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Victor Venegas — bass
- Mongo Santamaria — congas, bongos
- Nat Adderley — cornet
- Carmelo Garcia — drums
- Jimmy Cobb — drums
- Ray Lucas — drums
- Al Abreu — flute [flutes], saxophone [saxophones]
- Pat Patrick — flute [flutes], saxophone [saxophones]
- José Paula — guitar, percussion [latin percussion]
- "To-Tiko" — percussion [latin percussion]
- Osvaldo Martinez — percussion [latin percussion]
- Wito Kortwright — percussion [latin percussion]
- Chick Corea — piano
- Rodgers Grant — piano
- Hubert Laws — piccolo flute, flute, tenor saxophone
- Julio Collazo — timbales
- Paul Serrano — trumpet
- Marty Sheller — trumpet, percussion [latin percussion]
- Carmen Costa — vocals
- Elliot Romero — vocals
- Marcelino Guerra — vocals
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1976 | Milestone (4) · M-47038 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation earliest on file |
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| 1976 | Milestone |
| 1976 | Milestone (4) · 47038 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation · gatefold |
| 1977 | Fantasy · 47038 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation |
| 1989 | Milestone (4) · MCD-47038-2 — CD, Compilation, Remastered |
| 1989 | Milestone (4) · OJCCD 47038 — CD, Compilation, Club Edition, Remastered |
| 1989 | Milestone (4) · MCD 47038-2 — CD, Compilation |
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