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- Mongo_Santamaría abstract "Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez (April 7, 1917, in Havana, Cuba – February 1, 2003 in Miami, Florida) was a rumba quinto master and an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard "Afro Blue," recorded by John Coltrane among others. In 1950 he moved to New York where he played with Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Fania All Stars, etc. He was an integral figure in the fusion of Afro-Cuban rhythms with R&B and soul, paving the way for the boogaloo era of the late 1960s. His 1963 hit rendition of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998.Mongo Santamaría was one of a handful of Cuban congueros ("conga players") who came to the United States in the 1940s and '50s. Other notable congueros who came to the U.S. during that time include Armando Peraza, Chano Pozo, Francisco Aguabella, Julito Collazo, Carlos Vidal Bolado and Modesto Durán. Many consider Santamaría to have been the greatest conga drummer of the twentieth century. Santamaría inspired the stage name of Japanese actor Yūsuke Santamaria. Additionally, his name is used as a pun in the film Blazing Saddles. When the character Mongo enters a scene, a Spanish-speaking peasant cries, "Mongo! Santa Maria!" before fleeing in terror.He is buried in Woodlawn Park Cemetery and Mausoleum (now Caballero Rivero Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum) in Miami, Florida.".
- Mongo_Santamaría birthDate "1922-04-07".
- Mongo_Santamaría birthPlace Cuba.
- Mongo_Santamaría deathDate "2003-02-01".
- Mongo_Santamaría thumbnail Mongo_Santamaria_1969.JPG?width=300.
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageID "1040059".
- Mongo_Santamaría wikiPageRevisionID "603404728".
- Mongo_Santamaría alias "Mongo".
- Mongo_Santamaría associatedActs La_Lupe.
- Mongo_Santamaría associatedActs Tito_Puente.
- Mongo_Santamaría background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- Mongo_Santamaría birthDate "1922-04-07".
- Mongo_Santamaría birthName "Ramón Santamaría Rodríguez".
- Mongo_Santamaría caption "Santamaria in 1969".
- Mongo_Santamaría dateOfBirth "1922-04-07".
- Mongo_Santamaría dateOfDeath "2003-02-01".
- Mongo_Santamaría deathDate "2003-02-01".
- Mongo_Santamaría genre Latin_jazz.
- Mongo_Santamaría instrument "Congas".
- Mongo_Santamaría name "Mongo Santamaría".
- Mongo_Santamaría name "Santamaria, Mongo".
- Mongo_Santamaría origin Cuba.
- Mongo_Santamaría origin Havana.
- Mongo_Santamaría placeOfBirth Cuba.
- Mongo_Santamaría placeOfDeath "Miami".
- Mongo_Santamaría shortDescription "Cuban musician".
- Mongo_Santamaría description "Cuban musician".
- Mongo_Santamaría subject Category:1922_births.
- Mongo_Santamaría subject Category:2003_deaths.
- Mongo_Santamaría subject Category:Columbia_Records_artists.
- Mongo_Santamaría subject Category:Conga_players.
- Mongo_Santamaría subject Category:Cuban_jazz_(genre)_percussionists.
- Mongo_Santamaría subject Category:Cuban_musicians.
- Mongo_Santamaría subject Category:Cuban_people_of_African_descent.
- Mongo_Santamaría subject Category:Fania_Records_artists.
- Mongo_Santamaría subject Category:Grammy_Award-winning_artists.
- Mongo_Santamaría subject Category:Jazz_percussionists.
- Mongo_Santamaría subject Category:Latin_jazz_musicians.
- Mongo_Santamaría subject Category:Milestone_Records_artists.
- Mongo_Santamaría subject Category:Percussionists.
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- Mongo_Santamaría comment "Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez (April 7, 1917, in Havana, Cuba – February 1, 2003 in Miami, Florida) was a rumba quinto master and an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard "Afro Blue," recorded by John Coltrane among others. In 1950 he moved to New York where he played with Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Fania All Stars, etc.".
- Mongo_Santamaría label "Mongo Santamaría".
- Mongo_Santamaría label "Mongo Santamaría".
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- Mongo_Santamaría label "Mongo Santamaría".
- Mongo_Santamaría label "Mongo Santamaría".
- Mongo_Santamaría label "Mongo Santamaría".
- Mongo_Santamaría label "モンゴ・サンタマリア".
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- Mongo_Santamaría givenName "Mongo".
- Mongo_Santamaría name "Mongo Santamaria".
- Mongo_Santamaría surname "Santamaria".