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Mongo Santamaria

real name Ramón Santamaría Rodríguez

Havana, Cuba

Mongo Santamaria is credited on 1,300 releases across 374 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,300

Credits

374

Albums

8

Decades active

214

In collections

Biography

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Cuban rumba quinto master and an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. Father of Monguito Santamaria.
Born 7 April 1917 in Havana, Cuba, died 1 February 2003 in Miami, Florida, USA

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Credited work

1,300 releases · 374 albums · active 1952–2026

  • Performance · 2,049
  • Other credits · 124
  • Production · 2

Studios: Newport Jazz Festival · Atlantic Studios · Good Vibrations Sound Studios · Plaza Sound Studios

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