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In 1957, Machito recorded the album KENYA (Roulette Records), with mostly original songs by A.K. Salim, or René Hernández collaborating with Mario Bauza. The only cover tune was "Tin Tin Deo" by Chano Pozo. Guest musicians include Doc Cheatham and Joe Newman on trumpet, Cannonball Adderley on alto sax, and Eddie Bert on trombone. Band regular and arranger Ray Santos played tenor sax on the album as well. A seven-man percussion section (including Jose Mangual, Uba Nieto, Candido Camero and Carlos "Patato" Valdes) rounds it out. The album has shown significant longevity: a half century after its release it was named one of the thousand-most essential albums by one author. (Notes adapted from Wikipedia).