Mongo Santamaria - Mongo Introduces La Lupe

The complete LP + 2 bonus tracks - pressed on 180g virgin vinyl - a limited edition of just 500 copies.

Ramon Mongo Santamaria Rodriguez (Mongo is Cuban slang for Ramon) is best known 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 became 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. Mongo's 1963 hit rendition of Herbie Hancock's 'Watermelon Man' wasinducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

This release presents Mongo's complete LP 'Mongo Introduces La Lupe', on which he is joined on some tracks by singer Guadalupe Victoria Yoli Raymond, popularly known as, La Lupe.