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.
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Mongo Santamaria has had 8 concerts.
Mongo Santamaria is most often considered to be Jazz, Funk, Latin, Salsa, Latin Jazz, Musica Tradicional Cubana, Mambo, Cuban, Boogaloo, Jazz Cubano, Afro-Cuban Percussion, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Charanga, and Cuban Rumba.
The last Mongo Santamaria concert was on July 30, 1981 at Robin Hood Dell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The bands that performed were: Herbie Mann / Mongo Santamaria.
