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Mongo '70 album for sale Product Description
Mongo '70 album for sale by Mongo Santamaria was released Jan 13, 2008 on the Warner Bros. label. Mongo's graduation from Columbia to Atlantic, and from Top 40 covers to funkier soul-jazz, could not have been more welcome. Mongo '70 CD music At least half the credit for his new sound goes to Neal Creque, who wrote six of the ten tracks here. Mongo '70 buy CD music Creque, one of the most interesting composers of the late '60s and early '70s, has a sound that recalls Brasilians Deodato and Donato, Herbie Hancock, and the greats of New Orleans piano. Mongo '70 songs The rest of the group (in the studio, at least) also is new for Mongo, although Marty Sheller returns as conductor. Featuring heavy soul-jazz with crack Latin percussion, Mongo '70 is consistently dramatic and evocative, so much so that it could've easily been the score for a movie. Nothing rates as filler, and the end is particularly strong. The funky "Mo' Do'" is followed by "Grass Roots," which has everything: guitar, vibraslap, mournful horns; "Dedicated to Love" is nearly an update on "Peter Gunn." Jon Hart's bass may be mixed a little high, but heavy funk is the message here. ...See Full Description
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| CD Universe Part number | 5352213 |
| Label | Warner Bros. |
| Orig Year | 1970 |
| Catalog number | 273634 |
| Discs | 1 |
| Release Date | Jan 13, 2008 |
| Studio/Live | Studio |
| Producer | Joel Dorn |
| Recording Time | 38 minutes |
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