Description
Tito Puente - Ten Timbale Greats Inculing Caravan, El Yoyo, Por Tu Amor, Ricci Ricci
AUDIO CD 2004
Ernesto Antonio Puente Jr. - an American Latin bandleader, jazz, salsa and mambo musician
UPC 5029248153922
Label: Musicbank – APWCD1261
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 2004
Genre: Jazz, Latin
Style: Salsa, Descarga, Cubano, Mambo
Tracklist:
| 1 | Arrolando | |
| 2 | Caravan | |
| 3 | El Yoyo | |
| 4 | Friquilandia | |
| 5 | Pito Joe | |
| 6 | Plaza Stomp | |
| 7 | Por Tuamor | |
| 8 | Rici Rici | |
| 9 | The Donkey Serenade | |
| 10 | Undecided |
Tito Puente
Real Name: Ernesto Antonio Puente Jr.
Profile: Tito Puente (born April 20, 1923, Spanish Harlem, New York City, New York, USA – died May 31, 2000, New York City, New York, USA) was an American Latin bandleader, jazz, salsa and mambo musician of Puerto Rican heritage. Known as "El Rey Del Timbal" ("The King Of The Timbales"). He also played vibraphone, drum kit, conga drums, claves, piano, and occasionally saxophone and clarinet.
Do not to be confused with cuban trumpeter Tito Puentes.
The son of Ernest and Ercilia Puente, native Puerto Ricans living in New York City's Spanish Harlem, Puente is often credited as "The Musical Pope", "El Rey de los Timbales" (The King of the Timbales) and "The King of Latin Music". He is best known for dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz compositions that endured over a 50-year career. He and his music appear in many films such as The Mambo Kings and Fernando Trueba's Calle 54. He guest-starred on several television shows, including Sesame Street and The Simpsons two-part episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns?". His most famous song is "Oye Como Va"
