Monguito Santamaria

Piano participant Monguito Santamaria recorded some LPs for Fania through the past due ’60s and early ’70s that earned see for his or her bass-heavy grooves and anthemic position for Latin spirit fans. The child of Afro-Cuban conga hero Mongo Santamaria (rather than to be puzzled with the vocalist Monguito who documented with Johnny Pacheco), Monguito Santamaria was raised in NY encircled by music, specifically while his dad performed in Tito Puente’s orchestra through the ’50s. He also analyzed music and produced several recordings while at Brooklyn University. Name recognition unquestionably helped him get yourself a agreement with Fania, but his past due-’60s LPs, Hey Sister and Dark Out, were among the better within the Latin spirit design sweeping the picture during that period. Still, he released only 1 even more LP, 1974’s En Una Nota!.