"Afro Blue" is a jazz standard composed by Mongo Santamaría. Mongo Santamaria recorded his composition "Afro Blue" in 1959 when playing with the Cal Tjader Sextet. The first recorded performance was on April 20, 1959, at the Sunset Auditorium in Carmel, California, with Santamaría on percussion. "Mongo Santamaria" (April 7, 1917 - February 1, 2003) was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States. Primarily a conga drummer, Santamaría was a leading figure in the pachanga and boogaloo dance crazes of the 1960s. His biggest hit was his rendition of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man", which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. Also "Afro Blue." From the 1970s, he recorded mainly salsa and Latin jazz, before retiring in the late 1990s. He passed away in Miami due to a heart attack at the age of 86.

Being brought up non-prejudice, I met a Latin man, neighbor Who turned to Mongo Santa Maria, a master artist from a distant time and country hearing his music was a gift. Remember this if you’re prejudice you lose

Im 72years young I heard Afro Blues when I was 10 years old in 1960 this is my number 1go to song there are a lot of Jazz legends before and after Mong but he will forever reign king of the Congas in my life give him his flower awesome piece of music

@royhammock1553

7 ай бұрын

My Brutha I'm bout to be 79. I will always LOVE ❤️ FOR EVER THE SOUNDS THAT CAME OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN TOPS OF UPPER ATLANTIS. REAL TALK. RAising in the southwest corner. 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💥💥💰💥💥👁👁

Hubert Laws' s solo flute is doing justice to this rendition.....

@TimHarris-oh2tp

Ай бұрын

Correction, you are hearing the Piccolo

One of the all time Greatest Congo Players

@brucescott4261

Жыл бұрын

Bernadine Wiggins ...*conga (conga drummer).

Been listening to this cut since 1971; from east - west coast. Herbert law's flute solo,wow!...

@MrMusicevolution

Жыл бұрын

Yes sir...

@dsanj4745

11 ай бұрын

Actually it's a piccolo but yes, absolutely amazing. And that sustained note is otherworldly.

The piccolo solo by Hubert Laws is excellent... His brother Ronnie Laws made some ass kicking music too.

@wyndhl8309

Ай бұрын

9cc The unmistakable Hubert Laws ever since then❤ I have to revisit my piccolo, I certainly have to❤

This is impressive and beautiful in a mystical way. 💚

Hubert Laws is playing a Piccolo.

AFRICA GREAT, THANKS.

Fantastico esa flauta es magica . Bravo hubert laws Mongo maestro de maestros . Gracias por hacer buena music

En fuego Mongo y la Orquesta, que maravilla!

MONGO BATUQUEIRO O percussionista cubano Mongo SantaMaria passou mais de 60 anos tocando Congas e foi o cara do Jazz Latino, podemos dizer e teve durante um tempo um jovem em início de carreira chamado Chic Corea. Afro Blues foi sua música, gravada visceralmente por John Coltrane também, e seu disco mais marcante.quis saber se ele tava nesse álbum, acredito que sim.

One minute of this contains more music than any 10 rap/hip-hop songs COMBINED!

Timeless and evocative, Afro Blue. Take me home, Mongo! I'd love to know who's playing the shekere. Does anybody know?

@PeterGregoryDrums

11 ай бұрын

Mongo Santamaría - congas, bongos Hubert Laws - sassofono, flauto, ottavino Bobby Porcelli - sassofono, flauto Ray Maldonado - tromba Rodgers Grant - pianoforte Victor Venegas - basso Hungrie Garcia - batteria, timbales

@leswood5634

4 ай бұрын

Julito Collazo id playing Chekere

Qué flauta, maravilloso solo, gracias.

Fantastico Uffffff

Excelente ejecucion

Hemiola Bonita! 3:2🎶🎼🎵🎷🥁

Had lunch with my idol Mongo a month before I was shipped off to Vietnam in "67".

Guaaat 😳 omg this is a fucking beautiful 😍❤️ masterpiece 👌🏾🌞🙌🏾

Ut le Romualdii

108 subscribers, they don't know who Mongo was.

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¿alguien sabe si la armonia del minuto 1:32 al 2:01, es original de elllos? Misma armonia puede esucharla en Universal Mind de The Doors. (min 2:22) kzread.info/dash/bejne/q4ufsbqygbCplqw.html

@jimenaeiselefarag8073

2 жыл бұрын

Parece ser que fue al revés! The Doors copiaron esa parte del solo en Universal Mind

@christianpena7414

2 жыл бұрын

Obviamente la original es la de Mongo, la canción de The Doors pasó tiempo después.

Is it just me, or does that picolo come in playing off-key? seems off-key a lot in this cut. Otherwise this cut is a classic.

@neutralfog

Жыл бұрын

This isn't the original studio recording. This was Live at the Village Gate, NYC, NY - March 1967.

@brucescott4261

Жыл бұрын

russhamer ...It's you.

@russhamer

Жыл бұрын

@@brucescott4261 hahaha....where are my cutips!!!

@sammiebouldin1267

Жыл бұрын

Off key are not no disrespect to the commenter and all time Classic

@russellhamer8347

Жыл бұрын

@@sammiebouldin1267 it is off-key. and i mean no disrespect. this is classic and mongo conributed so much to this rich musical tradition

too repetitive conga patterns to earn “explosion”…..someday, listen to Santana “Future Primitive” about middle of piece….congas break away from pattern repetition and come from nature.