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Puente's youngest son, Tito Puente Jr., has performed and recorded many of Puente's songs. His daughter Audrey Puente is a television meteorologist for WNYW and WWOR-TV in New York City. After a show in Puerto Rico on May 31, 2000, Puente suffered a massive heart attack and was flown to New York City for surgery to repair a heart valve , but ...
Dance Mania is a studio album by American musician Tito Puente. [1] [2] [3] The album was added to the National Recording Registry in 2002. It is also listed among the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. [4] [5]
The museum was co-founded in 2021 by Willy Rodriguez, Manny Tavarez, and Ilialis Reyes. [4] Rodriguez, musical director of the Tito Puente Jr. Orchestra, was inspired to create the museum by the passing of many salsa legends and the need to preserve their legacy for future generations. [4]
Edward James Olmos has partnered with Tito Puente's family to bring the story of the legendary musician to the world in a series of projects, including film, television and VR content. Known as ...
For every album by Cruz or Puente, there is a wealth of lesser known gems — from the ragged, self-titled 1972 debut of La Conquistadora, featuring 16-year-old pianist Oscar Hernández, future ...
Mambo Birdland is a live album by the American musician Tito Puente. [2] [3] It was released in 1999.[4]The album won a Grammy Award for "Best Traditional Tropical Latin Performance"; it was Puente's fifth Grammy.
El Rey is a 1984 Latin jazz album on the Concord Picante label by musician, band and orchestra leader, Tito Puente. Puente's move towards jazz came at the same time as Eddie Palmieri's albums. It includes performances by Tito Puente not only on timbales, but on vibraharp playing a medley of "Stella by Starlight" and "(Tu, Mi) Delirio", as well ...
[6] [7] Sergio Calzado's brother, Rudy, is the lead singer in Puente's recording. Puente himself recorded "Oye Cómo Va" live on many occasions, including his 1980 Montreux Jazz Festival appearance with the Latin Percussion Jazz Ensemble. The lineup in the original recording was the following: [8] Tito Puente: timbales, chorus, leader