Mongo's Way / Up From the Roots

Mongo Santamaria | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 8, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B00000J27O
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #377,835 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tell It

2. The Letter

3. Listen Here

4. Sometimes Bread

5. Geechee Girl

6. Hippo Walk

7. Featherbed Lane

8. Saoco

9. Afro Walk

10. Congo Blue

11. Ebora (Yeza)

12. En La Habana (Guaguanco)

13. A. Conga, Bata, Y Chequere (Lucumi & Mambo)/B. Me Buele La Muela (Columbia)

14. A. Eco (Bembe)/B. Abacua (Abacua)

15. Pan De Maiz (Conga)

16. Para Ti

17. Sofrito

18. Little Angel

19. Virtue

20. Jose Outside

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Two very different lp's on one CD, September 11, 2000

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Melissa (Puerto Rico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mongo's Way / Up From the Roots (Audio CD)

The first lp on this Collectables 2-for-1 is overproduced and erratic. Bernard Purdie on drums, all star band, occasionally silly background vocals...typical for the period, but done better than most. Great version of Eddie Harris's "Listen Here". The second lp is more traditional. "Virtue"is a highpoint. More focus on Mongo's drumming. This one gets better as you listen to it. Don't let a few of the ridiculous throwaway tracks "The Letter?" deter you from hearing some of the gems.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mongo Santamaria, Master Conguero, January 30, 2006

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Juancao (San Antonio, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mongo's Way / Up From the Roots (Audio CD)

I love this CD! Some funky urban Latin Jazz, some traditional Cuban music like Bembe, and Abacua and some classics like Sofrito, Para Ti, and Conga Blue. Mongo Santamaria's conga playing is outstanding and funky but he does not show off. Mongo stays within the song and his playing is always tasteful. The closer you listen to the songs the more you can hear what he is playing and you realize how good he is.