Jeff Waye/Ninja Tune (ninjah@generation.net)
Tue, 13 Oct 98 15:14:50 -0400
There is an excellent Mongo at Montreaux record which has all sorts of
extended percussion rockouts of some of his well known stuff. The last
tune (the name of which escapes me) is sorta like Mongo big-beat jazz. He
keeps slipping back into Hancocks 'Watermelon Man' as breaks inbetween
main tracks. I've got about 10 of his records and would have to say this
is my favorite. I find all his live records to be better than the studio
ones (ie 'Mongo Explodes', 'Mongo Live'...I believe they're both on
Riverside or something...sorry, my records aren't at the office).
Take Care
Jeff
>Mongo was always sorta in to the soul side of latin jazz music. his earlier
>stuff is more straight ahead as your would expect. he does have a couple of
>outstanding albums stuffed in the middle of his career. _Stone Soul_ features
>mostly covers of things like "son of a preacher man," "donaldon's "who's
>makin
>love," "little green apples," and whitfield's "could nine". Next album,
>_workin on a groovy thing_ features "its your thing," "Spinning wheel" and
>"we
>got latin soul." Both albums have got the mighty Bernard Purdie on drums. Not
>bad buys if you find em for under 4-5 bucks.
>
>Flight
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