Mongo Santamaria: Sofrito!
By Mongo Santamaria and an all-star band
Haiti Chery
I dare you to stay seated while you listen to this composition by Afro-Cuban Latin-jazz percussionist Mongo Santamaria. And if you’re cooking, then this means your feet are free to dance. Baile!
VIDEO: Sofrito, by Mongo Santamaria
From a concert at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1985.
- Conga Drums: Mongo Santamaria
- Timbales: Tito Puente
- Percussion, timbales: Pablo Rosario
- Drums: Max Roach (Special Guest), Jose Martinez
If you know anything about jazz drumming, you should be bowing all the way down to the ground by now, but pick yourself up. There’s more:
- Bass: Eddie Resto
- Piano: Bob Quaranta
- Alto Sax, Baritone Sax, Flute: Sam Furnace
- Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute: Tony Hinson
- Trumpet: Eddie Allen
VIDEO: Sofrito preparation.
Sofrito is prepared by nearly every cook in every kitchen of Central America, especially Cuba and Puerto Rico, as the prelude to every meal.
Hence the appropriately grand and lovely piano introduction by Bob Quaranta.
Sources: Haiti Chery | You Tube (Courtesy of LePhunkDunk, ElbaCooks4u)
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