Conga Blue

Poncho Sanchez · 1996 · Pièce-titre avec Mongo Santamaría, 1996

Context

Title track of Conga Blue (Concord Picante, 1996), nearly eight minutes, on which Mongo Santamaría plays congas alongside Poncho Sánchez. The record brings the two great percussionists together on five tracks.

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

• Mambo de Cuco (1996)
• Black Stockings (1996)

Sources

• jazzmusicarchives.com
• EN: Poncho Sanchez

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