Mongo santa maria biography the montessori school

          Gratitude season reflection: Mongo and all the joy he has brought into our lives for not only our past 5 years but for years of his..

          Mongo Santamaría

          Afro-Cuban musician (1917–2003)

          Musical artist

          Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez (April 7, 1917 – February 1, 2003) was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States.

          Primarily a conga drummer, Santamaría was a leading figure in the pachanga and boogaloodance crazes of the 1960s.

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        2. “[xvii] The longing for order returned again and again: “The Montessori school is housed in a brick building.
        3. Gratitude season reflection: Mongo and all the joy he has brought into our lives for not only our past 5 years but for years of his.
        4. Gratitude season reflection: Mongo and all the joy he has brought into our lives for not only our past 5 years but for years of his life!
        5. I went to a Montessori school when I was five years old, and I would run around the school singing it loud,” she remembers.

          6. His biggest hit was his rendition of Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man", which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. From the 1970s, he recorded mainly salsa and Latin jazz, before retiring in the late 1990s.

          Mongo learned to play the congas as an amateur rumba musician in the streets of Havana.

          He then learned the bongos from Clemente "Chicho" Piquero and toured with various successful bands such as the Lecuona Cuban Boys and Sonora Matancera.[1] In 1950, he moved to New York City, where he became Tito Puente's conguero and in 1957 he joined Cal Tjader's band.

          He then formed his own charanga, while at the same t