gvopedz Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 Michael Brooks, was an archivist, a music salvage expert. He worked deep into old age at Sony’s New York office: curating the company’s labyrinthine back catalogue… Today it is the turn of Mongo Santamaría, a Havana-born conga drummer who died in 2003. Santamaría specialised in Afro-Cuban pop and Latin-flavoured covers of songs such as Proud Mary and My Cherie Amour. Matt rubs down the vault copy of his album Workin’ on a Groovy Thing and gives it a spin. I’m braced to dislike it but it sounds terrific…. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/21/my-father-the-music-archivist-sony-novel-catchers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 Very nice article, thanks for posting! A bit amusing that the illustration shows a consumer-level Sony reel-to-reel deck (if it's not a super clever reference to Sony, the rightsholder). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 Yes, very nice piece, thank you for posting this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 Thnx for sharing .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 This was a really good piece. Thanks for posting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 5 hours ago, gvopedz said: Michael Brooks, was an archivist, a music salvage expert. He worked deep into old age at Sony’s New York office: curating the company’s labyrinthine back catalogue… Today it is the turn of Mongo Santamaría, a Havana-born conga drummer who died in 2003. Santamaría specialised in Afro-Cuban pop and Latin-flavoured covers of songs such as Proud Mary and My Cherie Amour. Matt rubs down the vault copy of his album Workin’ on a Groovy Thing and gives it a spin. I’m braced to dislike it but it sounds terrific…. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/oct/21/my-father-the-music-archivist-sony-novel-catchers Mongo made Herbie Hancock a very rich jazz musician at a very young age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted October 22 Report Share Posted October 22 11 minutes ago, felser said: Mongo made Herbie Hancock a very rich jazz musician at a very young age. Not only that, but you gotta love Mel Brooks' shout out: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 IS this the same Michael Brooks who (with Cuscuna) put together the "Complete Billy Holiday on Columbia 1933-44" set? I remember his notes on several other reissues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 1 hour ago, medjuck said: IS this the same Michael Brooks who (with Cuscuna) put together the "Complete Billy Holiday on Columbia 1933-44" set? I remember his notes on several other reissues. That would be "yes". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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