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Mongo Santamaria
Workin' On A Groovy Thing
Album US 1969 on Columbia label
Jazz, Latin and R&B/Soul (Afro-Cuban, Soul-Jazz)
Special thanks to Jackie Horowitz and the Columbia Records Secretaries on the first floor of 49 East 52nd Street, featuring Suzanne for special effects on "We Got Latin Soul".
Musicians
 | Mongo Santamaria cng, bgo, 1917-2003 CU congas, bongos, album by |
 | Marty Sheller tr, arranged by, conductor |
 | William Allen b, US bass |
 | Bernard Purdie dr, *1939 drums |
 | Julio Collazo cng, dr, 1925-2004 CU percussion |
 | Osvaldo Martinez perc, cng, percussion |
 | Steve Berrios perc, dr, 1945-2013 US percussion |
 | Rodgers Grant p, 1935-2012 US piano |
 | Artie Kaplan fl, sax, *1945 US saxophone |
 | Charles Owens ts, cl, as, *1939 US saxophone |
 | Joe Farrell ts, fl, 1937-1986 US saxophone |
 | Sonny Fortune as, fl, *1939 US saxophone |
 | Luis Gasca tr, fh, voc, trumpet |
 | Ray Maldonado tr, 1946-1982 trumpet |
Producers
| Don Puluse engineer |
| Mark Friedman engineer |
| Stan Weiss engineer |
| Warren Vincent other, sound supervision |
| Don Hunstein photography by |
| Fred Lombardi photography by |
| Billy Jackson producer |
Composers
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Workin' On A Groovy Thing | Mongo Santamaria | Neil Sedaka, Roger Atkins | |
| 2 | Spinning Wheel | Mongo Santamaria | David Clayton-Thomas | |
| 3 | Too Busy Thinking About My Baby | Mongo Santamaria | Janie Bradford, Norman Whitfield | |
| 4 | We Got Latin Soul | Mongo Santamaria | Arlester Christian | |
| 5 | Getting It Out Of My System | Mongo Santamaria | Billy Jackson, Jimmy Wisner | |
| 6 | Proud Mary | Mongo Santamaria | John Fogerty | |
| 7 | It's Your Thing | Mongo Santamaria | O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley | |
| 8 | My Cherie Amour | Mongo Santamaria | Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy | |
| 9 | Get Back | Mongo Santamaria | Lennon-McCartney | |
| 10 | Ain't That Peculiar | Mongo Santamaria | Marvin Tarplin, Robert Rogers, Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore | |
| 11 | Twenty-Five Miles | Mongo Santamaria | Edwin Starr, Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol |
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