Selaws
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Yeah I am familiar with some of his other stuff, including Watermelon Man, but never heard this full album before now. Sounds fantastic!Have you heard his other stuff? "Watermelon man" is his most famous thing by far (well and Mel brooks riffs on his name in "blazing saddles")
In Herbie Hancock's autobiography, he talks about how the success of Mongo Santamaria's version benefitted him greatly. Herbie was one of the few musicians that retained rights to his music and I think I'm remembering correctly that he said Santamaria's version paid his bills for several years.