![]() Listen to Willie Bobo accompanying Mongo Santamaria's solo on "Tu Crees Que?" ![]() They play with all the discipline that Afro-Cuban drumming requires, and yet, they play with a looseness that allows them to almost read each others minds. The percussionists were Mongo Santamaria on congas and bongos, and the underrated Willie Bobo on timbales and trap drums. The CD is called Monterey Concerts and it's going into the NPR Basic Jazz Record Library today for a couple of reasons.įirst of all, there's the quintet itself. The music is from vibraphonist Cal Tjader in 1959. In fact, some would say, that is the definitive sound of small group Latin jazz. MURRAY HORWITZ, American Film Institute: Hello, I'm Murray Horwitz, and that is the sound of small group Latin jazz.
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