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Portrait of Mongo Santamaría

Mongo Santamaría

Cuban jazz percussionist

  • 1922 to 2003
  • from La Habana
  • On fono: 20 songs
  • 4 sources

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Top songs

  1. From Mongo Explodes

    1. 1

      Fatback

      1966

    2. 2

      Corn Bread Guajira

      1966

    3. 3

      Skins

      1966

    4. 4

      Dot, Dot, Dot

      1966

    5. 5

      Bembe Blue

      1966

    6. 6

      Dirty Willie

      1966

    7. 7

      Dulce amor

      1966

    8. 8

      Sweet ’Tater Pie

      1966

    9. 9

      Tacos

      1966

  2. 10

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Releases

  1. 2002

  2. 1976

  3. 1971

  4. 1966

Member of

Elsewhere

Sources (4)

Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.

  1. 1MusicBrainz Mongo Santamaría is a member of Cal Tjader Sextet

    Mongo Santamaría is a member of Cal Tjader Sextet

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz Mongo Santamaría is a member of Tito Puente’s Golden Latin Jazz All Stars

    Mongo Santamaría is a member of Tito Puente’s Golden Latin Jazz All Stars

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz Mongo Santamaría is from La Habana

    Mongo Santamaría is from La Habana

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4Wikidata The genre of Mongo Santamaría is latin jazz

    The genre of Mongo Santamaría is latin jazz

    Wikidata

    CC0 1.0 UniversalRetrieved Oct 17, 2026