Riverside session · in the studio
July 9 and 11, 1962
Mongo Santamaria And His Afro-Latin Group
In the room
Mongo Santamaria – conga drum, bongo- Paul Serrano – trumpet
- Al Abreu – tenor sax, flute
Pat Patrick – sax, flute- Jose De Paulo – guitar, Latin percussion
- Carmen Costa – vocal
- Elliot Romero – vocal
- Marcellino Guerra – vocal
- To-Tiko –
Chick Corea – piano- Victor Venegas – bass
- Julio Collazo – timbales
The takes
1 of these 10 takes stayed in the vault at the time: alternates and tunes that weren't issued. Switch to hear only the ones that came out on the records.
What the numbers mean
Riverside numbered the tunes it recorded in one running series; the take kept is the one that was issued.
| Matrix · take | Title | First out on |
|---|---|---|
| RF-121 | Tumba Le Le (samba) | RLP 423 |
| – | Happy Now (mambo-jazz) | RLP 423 |
| – | Country Song (Guajiro) | RLP 423 |
| – | Congo Blue | RLP 423 |
| – | Carmela (mambo) | RLP 423 |
| – | Hombre (Pega-Palo) (mambo) | RLP 423 |
| – | Chombolero (bolero) | RLP 423 |
| – | Not Hardly (cha-cha) | RLP 423 |
| – | African Song | RLP 423 |
| RF-122 | The Cha-Cha Blues | Not issued at the time · later on Riverside R-4532 |
10 takes · the ones we haven't matched yet are looked up on Spotify when you make it
Where it ended up
Together elsewhere
The other albums at least two of these players are on together.
3 of them 2 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | LP 3335 | !Viva Mongo! | Mongo Santamaria And Orchestra | 1962 | Mongo Santamaria, Pat Patrick, Victor Venegas |
 | LP 3351 | Mighty Mongo | Mongo Santamaria | 1963 | Mongo Santamaria, Pat Patrick, Victor Venegas |
2 of them 8 albums
| No. | Title | Leader | Year | Who | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | LP 3309 | Demasiado Caliente | Cal Tjader | 1960 | Mongo Santamaria, Victor Venegas |
 | LP 3314 | !Sabroso!: Charanga Y Pachanga | Mongo Santamaria Y Su Orquesta | 1960 | Mongo Santamaria, Victor Venegas |
 | LP 3324 | Arriba-La Pachanga | Mongo Santamaria Orchestra | 1961 | Mongo Santamaria, Victor Venegas |
 | LP 3328 | Mas Sabroso | Mongo Santamaria Y Su Orquesta "Sabrosa" | 1961 | Mongo Santamaria, Victor Venegas |
 | CL 2298 | El Pussy Cat | Mongo Santamaria | 1965 | Mongo Santamaria, Victor Venegas |
 | CL 2375 | La Bamba | Mongo Santamaria | 1965 | Mongo Santamaria, Victor Venegas |
 | CL 2473 | Hey! Let's Party | Mongo Santamaria | 1966 | Mongo Santamaria, Victor Venegas |
 | CL 2770 | Mongo Santamaria Explodes At The Village Gate | Mongo Santamaria | 1967 | Mongo Santamaria, Victor Venegas |