Title: There are far superior conga players...
Product review: Not bad for a Spanish Harlem boy from the corner of 111th, who spent his youth banging tin cans, then split the US for, of all places, Sweden, then ended up ditching music to run a strip joint and then die while working on some travesty of a project for Richard Boone. That's just a history lesson. Honestly, you can hear much BETTER Sabu Martinez playing on some other Blue Note records, where he appears as a side-man, such as J.J. Johnson's lp's. This...it just gets a little tired, very quickly. It's noticeable and rather sad.At any rate back to the disc at hand, it's very much in the tradition of conga that was popular at the time of this recording. But, there are far, far, far superior recordings available that deserve your fanbase and $$, rather than this. Pick up anything by Patato or Candido, or even Francisco Aguabella. It will be money better spent. All in all, to be a bit more accurate, I'd probably give this a 1.5 to 2 stars.
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