Bongos + Brass

by Hugo Montenegro

Bongos + Brass cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1960
  • Label: Time
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:04
  • Community rating: 3.17/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Bongos + Brass' reflects Hugo Montenegro's early work in arranged instrumental music, combining brass writing with percussion-forward studio textures. The album sits within a hi-fi-era listening market interested in stereo effects, rhythm color, and orchestral novelty.

Genres

Descriptors: percussive, orchestral, instrumental, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. In The Hall Of The Mountain King (3:24)
  2. Limehouse Blues (3:06)
  3. Slaughter On Tenth Avenue (5:08)
  4. Lover (2:13)
  5. Lonesome Road (2:30)
  6. Cottontail (3:03)
  7. Take The A Train (2:51)
  8. Heat Wave (2:49)
  9. One O'Clock Jump (2:41)
  10. Lover Come Back To Me (3:16)
  11. The Peanut Vendor (3:17)
  12. Laura (2:39)

Credits

  • Hugo Montenegro And His Orchestra - primary artist
  • Hugo Montenegro - arranged by, conductor
  • George Duvivier - bass
  • Donald Corrado - french horn
  • Earl Chapin - french horn
  • Jim Buffington - french horn
  • John Barrows - french horn
  • Ray Alonge - french horn

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