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Title information

Close Your Eyes

Mongo Santamaria

At The Black Hawk

Date of recording

1962, San Francisco/CA

Audio sample

Performers

Mongo Santamaría (Soloist) (conga, bongos)

* 7.4.1922, La Habana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba

† 1.2.2003, Miami, Florida (FL), United States

José "Chombo" Silva (tenor sax)

* 27.3.1913, Baracoa, Guantánamo, Cuba

† 1995, New York City, New York (NY), United States

João Donato (piano)

* 17.8.1934, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil

† 17.7.2023, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Victor Venegas (bass)

* 26.2.1932, Mexico

† 12.2.2006, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Cuco Martinez (percussion)
Willie Bobo (timbales)

* 28.2.1934, New York City, New York (NY), United States

Julito Collazo (percussion)

* 1925, Havanna, La Habana, Cuba

† 5.3.2004

Authors

Bernice Petkere (Composer, Text author)

* 11.8.1901, Chicago, Illinois (IL), United States

† 12.1.2000, Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

Album information

At The Black Hawk

Mongo Santamaria

At The Black Hawk

Year of production

1994

Record Label

RECORDS Fantasy Records

Tracks

  • 1. Bluchanga
  • 2. Tenderly
  • 3. Descarga at the Black Hawk
  • 4. Bacoso
  • 5. Sabor
  • 6. All the Things You Are
  • 7. Pachanga Twist
  • 8. Las Guajiras
  • 9. Para Ti
  • 10. Body and Soul
  • 11. Merengue Changa
  • 12. Dulce Sueño
  • 13. Mambo Terrifico
  • 14. Close Your Eyes