ラテン界最強のパーカッション奏者、モンゴ・サンタマリアの人気作!!
1960年代に録音された人気アルバム。「ラ・バンバ」やハービー・ハンコックの「ウォーター・メロンマン」などを収録したモンゴ・サンタマリアのヒット作、ラテン・ジャズの決定盤!
発売・販売元 提供資料(2020/12/23)
One good hit deserves a remake, so Columbia had Mongo Santamaria redo his breakthrough record "Watermelon Man" on his second LP for the label. Indeed, it is this brighter, better-recorded version that we generally hear on the radio nowadays instead of the Battle original. Even better, though, are "Fatback" and the wildly swinging workout on "La Bamba" that kicks off the album, to which you can imagine the foxy blonde model on the cover dancing the boogaloo. Marty Sheller's charging arrangements and trumpet are in the driver's seat of this sports car with the Mongo engine, and Hubert Laws has a ball in his flute and tenor sax solos. Few records embodied the go-go spirit of the '60s as well as this Latin jazz album. ~ Richard S. Ginell
Rovi