Palo congo
by Sabu
- Type: Album
- Released: September 1957
- Label: Blue Note
- Country: United States
- Length: 40:29
- Community rating: 2.45/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Led by the fiercely energetic conguero Sabu Martinez alongside Arsenio Rodr铆guez, this deeply authentic recording eschews traditional jazz instrumentation for raw, polyrhythmic intensity. The session focuses entirely on traditional Afro-Cuban chants and complex, interlocking percussion patterns that build into hypnotic, ritualistic grooves. It stands as a vital, incredibly intense documentation of authentic Latin folkloric traditions captured within a mainstream jazz studio.
Genres
Descriptors: repetitive, rhythmic, ritualistic
Tracklist
- El Cumbanchero (5:38)
- Billumba-Palo Congo (6:06)
- Choferito-Plena (4:02)
- Asabache (4:22)
- Simba (5:55)
- Rhapsodia Del Maravilloso (4:39)
- Aggo Elegua (4:28)
- Tribilin Cantore (5:19)
Credits
- Sabu Martinez - primary artist, congas, bongos, vocals, written-by
- Evaristo Baro - bass
- Israel Moises Travieso - congas
- Ray Romero - congas
- Arsenio Rodriguez - congas, guitar, vocals
- Raul Travieso - congas, vocals
- Sarah Baro - vocals
- Willie Capo - vocals