Aggo Elegua

Sabú Martínez · 1957 · Chants et percussions, titre invoquant Elegua

Context

Palo Congo is Sabú Martínez's first album, recorded in New York on 27 April 1957 for Blue Note (BLP 1561). Percussion octet with Arsenio Rodríguez and the Travieso brothers, classified as Cuban rumba. The title refers to Elegua; the album is classified as Cuban rumba.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban. Among the origins and influences of Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban: Afro-diasporic roots, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• El cumbanchero (1957)
• Billumba-Palo Congo (1957)
• Simba (1957)

Sources

• EN: Palo Congo
• EN: Sabu Martinez

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