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Tito Puente
Essential Tito Puente
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop, Latin Music

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. Ran Kan Kan
2. Swinging the Mambo - Tito Puente, Sanchez, M.
3. Four Beat Cha Cha, Pt. 1
4. Cuando Te Vea
5. Tito Guajira
6. Mambo Gozón
7. Night Hawk - Tito Puente, Salim, A. K.
8. Witch Doctor's Nightmare
9. Abaniquito - Tito Puente, Curbelo, J.
10. Picadillo
11. Mambo Beat
12. Cao Cao Mani Picao - Tito Puente, Menendez, J. Carbo
13. Birdland After Dark - Tito Puente, Pettiford, O.
14. Obatalá Yeza
15. Chanchullo - Tito Puente, Lopez, I.
16. Pa' los Rumberos
17. Hong Kong Mambo [Alternate Take]
18. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Tito Puente, Porter, C.
19. Complicación - Tito Puente, Aguabella, F.
20. Tito Timbero - Tito Puente, Ortiz, E.
Track Listings (19) - Disc #2
1. Oye Como Va - Tito Puente, Puente, Tito
2. Cuál Es la Idea
3. El Cayuco
4. Son de la Loma - Tito Puente, Matamoros, Miguel
5. 3-D Mambo - Tito Puente, Santos, R.
6. Cuban Nightmare
7. Oye Mi Guaguancó (Listen to the Guaguancó)
8. Take the "A" Train - Tito Puente, Strayhorn, Billy
9. Elegua Chango
10. Si Te Contara - Tito Puente, Reina, F.
11. Cha-Con-Cha
12. Dance Mania
13. Ti Mon Bo
14. Yambeque
15. Lotus Land - Tito Puente, Kreisler, F.
16. Malibu Beat
17. Sácala
18. Havana After Dark - Tito Puente, O'Farril, C.
19. Mambo Buda

CD Details

All Artists: Tito Puente
Title: Essential Tito Puente
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: RCA
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 8/16/2005
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop, Latin Music
Styles: Caribbean & Cuba, Cuba, Mambo, Big Band, Latin Jazz, Latin Pop, Tropical, Salsa
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 828766924329

CD Reviews

The Esssential Tito Puente

Wilberto Casado | Bronx NY Usa | 07/14/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is by far the best Tito Puente Complation I have ever heard. It captures the Master Timbalero at his prime. The remastered CD is awsome and never sounded better. It is a must for Tito Puente Fans"

Excelente!

R. Knight | Pennsylvania, USA | 07/06/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is not a complete set by any means but as the title says, it is essential in order to grasp the enduring career of Tito Puente if you are not familiar with his music or are just starting out. Its two discs cover a career by giving a sampling of his work from all periods, and of course featuring the popular favorites which may have drawn people to start to listen in the first place. I highly recommend this set for the individual who has no Tito Puente but would like a small collection of some of his best works. The sound quality is great and the songs are superb. Just TRY not to dance when you play these discs!"

Tito Puente, the King of Latin Music

Douglas Vergara | Bristol, VA United States | 09/05/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Very good compilation. If you are a fan of Tito Puente or a fan of Latin Music, now better known as Salsa, you can't go wrong with this two, 40 track CD set. Sony/Legacy has done a good job with their Essential series. I'm a fan of 'the old school' Latin Music, such as Tito Rodriguez, Joe Cuba, Willie Colon, etc. and not so much into the experimentation Tito Puente did with main street jazz or Latin Jazz. This compilation has some of that but not enough to turn me against it. It has a good balance of all that Tito did throughout his long and distinguished career. A good mix of all instrumental, vocals, mambos and Jazz/Latin Jazz. And who can complain when you have the original "Oye Como Va", and "Ran Kan Kan". If you are a lover of Latin Music as I am, then you must add this to your collection. It will one day be a collectors item for sure. I have many of Tito Puente's older recordings and this is one of the better ones. The remastered sound is great. You can't go wrong with this in your collection."