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The Essential Tito Puente (CD)

By: Tito Puente (Artist)

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DISC 1 for The Essential Tito Puente (CD) Album By Tito Puente (Artist)
1   Ran Kan Kan
2   Swinging The Mambo
3   Four Beat Cha Cha (Part I)
4   Cuando Te Vea
5   Tito Guajira
6   Mambo Gozon
7   Night Hawk
8   Witch Doctor's Nightmare
9   Abaniquito
10   Picadillo
11   Mambo Beat
12   Cao Cao Mani Picao
13   Birdland After Dark
14   Obatala Yeza
15   Chanchullo
16   Pa'los Rumberos
17   Hong Kong Mambo - (alternate take)
18   What Is This Thing Called Love
19   Complicacion
20   Tito Timbero
 
DISC 2 for The Essential Tito Puente (CD) Album By Tito Puente (Artist)
1   Oye Como Va
2   Cuas Es Idea
3   El Cayuco
4   Son De La Loma
5   3-D Mambo
6   Cuban Nightmare
7   Oye Mi Guaguanco
8   Take The A Train
9   Elegua Chango
10   Si Te Contara
11   Cha-Con-Cha
12   Dance Mania
13   Sacala
14   Ti Mon Bo
15   Yambeque
16   Lotus Land
17   Malibu Beat
18   Gozar Timbero, A
19   Havana After Dark
20   Mambo Buda
 

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Dirty Linen (p.53) - "[F]eaturing his best bands and players making some of the most infectiously rhythmic music on the planet."

Title Note

Personnel include: Tito Puente (vocals, vibraphone, timbales); Graciela, Vicentico Valdes (vocals); Johnny Pacheco (flute); Doc Severinsen, Bernie Glow, Vincent Frisaura (trumpet); Gil Lopez, Alvin Gellers, Ray Concepcion (piano); Robert Rodriguez (acoustic bass); Manny Oquendo, Mongo Santamaria, Ray Barretto, Candido Camero, Carlos "Patato" Valdez (congas); Ray Rodriguez, Willie Bobo, Jose Mangual (bongos).

Liner Note Author: Jim Payne.

Recording information: 1949 - 1962.

A remarkably well selected two-disc collection, THE ESSENTIAL TITO PUENTE focuses on the Latin-music icon's heyday, from 1949 to 1960. Endlessly enthusiastic, undeniably charming, and prodigiously talented, Puente was the king of New York City's mambo scene in the '50s, fascinating jubilant crowds at the Palladium and other esteemed venues with his stunning skill as both a bandleader and a percussionist. Highlights of this amazingly solid set include the lively "Mambo Gozon," the frenetic "Pa' Los Rumberos," and the utterly infectious "Oye Como Va," later famously covered by Santana. All of these tunes feature boisterous horn charts and an intricate web of percussion, making them instantly appealing. Anyone with even the slightest interest in Latin music will enjoy this excellent 40-track compilation.

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