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Sabú Martínez · 1957 · Ouvre la face 2, percussions et chœurs

Context

Palo Congo is Sabú Martínez's first album, recorded in New York on 27 April 1957 for Blue Note (BLP 1561). A percussion octet with Arsenio Rodríguez and the Travieso brothers, classified as Cuban rumba. Opens side 2.

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)
• Aggo Elegua (1957)

Sources

• EN: Palo Congo
• EN: Sabu Martinez

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