Latin Jazz USA Award, presented to Mongo Santamaría
date: label: Date made
content: 1991
name: label: referenced
content: Santamaria, Ramon "Mongo"
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This award was presented to Ramon "Mongo" Santamaría by Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, in 1991. It is a clear lucite panel on a black lucite base. The panel is engraved:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>LATIN JAZZ USA AWARD<br>Honors<br>MONGO SANTAMARIA<br> FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION<br>TO THE<br> PRESERVATION AND EVOLUTION<br>OF LATIN JAZZ<br>AVERY FISHER HALL<br>LINCOLN CENTER<br>EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS<br>IVAN ACOSTA - NESTOR RODRIGUEZ<br>ASSOC. PRODUCER<br>PABLO MARTINEZ<br>OCTOBER 11, 1991</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This Latin Jazz USA award was presented to Mongo Santamaría during a concert at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, New York, in 1991. The concert featured Chico O'Farrill leading a 20-piece big band with five powerhouse guests: alto saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera, pianist Hilton Ruiz, conga player Mongo Santamaría, flutist Dave Valentin and saxophonist Stanley Turrentine.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez (1917–2003) 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 boogaloo dance crazes of the 1960s. From the 1970s, he recorded mainly salsa and Latin jazz, before retiring in the late 1990s. Santamaria made several recordings as a leader of his own group, as well as a sideman with Fania All-Stars, Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie, and Ray Charles.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Percussion
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Nancy Santamaria
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0030.10
label: accession number
content: 2005.0030
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0030.10
objectType: label: Object Name
content: award
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: acrylic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 7 5/16 in x 3 in; 26.67 cm x 18.57375 cm x 7.62 cm