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Afro Blue by Mongo Santamaria
Mongo Santamaria
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Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría April 7 1922 In Havana Cuba – February 1 2003 Was An Afro-Cuban Percussionist. He Is Most Famous For Being The Composer Of The Jazz Standard "Afro Blue" As Performed By John Coltrane Among Others. His 1963 Hit Rendition Of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" Was Inducted Into The Grammy Hall Of Fame In 1998. In 1950 He Moved To New York Where He Played With Perez Prado Tito Puente Cal Tjader Fania All Stars Etc. He Was An Integral Figure In The Fusion Of Afro-Cuban Rhythms With R&B And Soul Paving The Way For The Boogaloo Era Of The Late 1960s. Santamaria Inspired The Stage Name Of Japanese Actor Yusuke Santamaria
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Mongo Santamaria Recorded His Composition "Afro Blue" In 1959 When Playing With The Cal Tjader Sextet. The First Recorded Performance Was On April 20 1959 At The Sunset Auditorium In Carmel California With Santamaría On Percussion. "Afro Blue" Was The First Jazz Standard Built On A Typical African 3 2 Cross-Rhythm Or Hemiola. The Song Begins With The Bass Repeatedly Playing Six Cross-Beats Per Measure Of 12 8 Or Six Cross-Beats Per Four Main Beats—6 4 Two Cells Of 3 2 . The Following Example Shows The Ostinato "Afro Blue" Bass Line. The Cross Noteheads Indicate The Main Beats Not Bass Notes . While The Bass Sounds The Six Secondary Beats Paul Horn's Flute Solo And Emil Richards' Marimba Solo Emphasize The Four Primary Beats. Francisco Aguabella Takes The Conga Drum Solo On The First Recording Quoting Phrases From The Vocabulary Of The Abakuá Bonkó Drum. Using Brushes Willie Bobo Plays An Abakuá Bell Pattern On A Snare Drum. This Cross-Rhythmic Figure Divides The Twelve-Pulse Cycle Into Three Sets Of Four Pulses. Since The Main Beats Are Grouped As Four Sets Of Three Pulses Dotted Quarter-Notes In The Top Example The Bell Pattern Significantly Contradicts The Meter. Bobo Played This Same Pattern And Instrumentation On The Herbie Hancock Jazz-Descarga "Succotash." The Harmonic Structure Of Santamaria's Version Is A Simple B Pentatonic Blues.
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Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría April 7 1922 In Havana Cuba – February 1 2003 Was An Afro-Cuban Percussionist. He Is Most Famous For Being The Composer Of The Jazz Standard "Afro Blue" As Performed By John Coltrane Among Others. His 1963 Hit Rendition Of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" Was Inducted Into The Grammy Hall Of Fame In 1998. In 1950 He Moved To New York Where He Played With Perez Prado Tito Puente Cal Tjader Fania All Stars Etc. He Was An Integral Figure In The Fusion Of Afro-Cuban Rhythms With R&B And Soul Paving The Way For The Boogaloo Era Of The Late 1960s. Santamaria Inspired The Stage Name Of Japanese Actor Yusuke Santamaria
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Mongo Santamaria recorded his composition "Afro Blue" in 1959 when playing with the Cal Tjader Sextet. The first recorded performance was on April 20, 1959, at the Sunset Auditorium in Carmel, California, with Santamaría on percussion. "Afro Blue" was the first jazz standard built on a typical African 3:2 cross-rhythm, or hemiola. The song begins with the bass repeatedly playing six cross-beats per measure of 12:8 or six cross-beats per four main beats—6:4 (two cells of 3:2). The following example shows the ostinato "Afro Blue" bass line. The cross noteheads indicate the main beats (not bass notes). While the bass sounds the six secondary beats, Paul Horn's flute solo and Emil Richards' marimba solo emphasize the four primary beats. Francisco Aguabella takes the conga drum solo on the first recording, quoting phrases from the vocabulary of the abakuá bonkó drum. Using brushes, Willie Bobo plays an abakuá bell pattern on a snare drum. This cross-rhythmic figure divides the twelve-pulse cycle into three sets of four pulses. Since the main beats are grouped as four sets of three pulses (dotted quarter-notes in the top example), the bell pattern significantly contradicts the meter. Bobo played this same pattern and instrumentation on the Herbie Hancock jazz-descarga "Succotash." The harmonic structure of Santamaria's version is a simple B♭ pentatonic blues. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.