Ernesto Antonio "Tito" Puente (April 20, 1923 – June 1, 2000) was an American mambo musician and Latin jazz composer. The son of native Puerto Ricans Ernest and Ercilia Puente, living in New York City's Spanish Harlem community, 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?"
Early life
Tito Puente was born on April 20, 1923, at Harlem Hospital Center in New York City. His family moved frequently, but he spent the majority of his childhood in the Spanish Harlem area of the city. Puente's father was the foreman at a razorblade factory.
As a child, he was described as hyperactive, and after neighbors complained of hearing seven-year-old Puente beating on pots and window frames, his mother sent him to 25-cent piano lessons. By the age of 10, he switched to percussion, drawing influence from jazz drummer Gene Krupa. He later created a song-and-dance duo with his sister Anna in the 1930s and intended to become a dancer, but an ankle tendon injury prevented him pursuing dance as a career. When the drummer in Machito's band was drafted to the army, Puente subsequently took his place.
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ALBUMS
- Greatest Hits released: 2012
- Pachanga con Puente released: 2010
- The Complete 78s, Volume 4: 1949-1955 released: 2010
- The Complete 78s, Volume 3: 1949-1955 released: 2010
- El Rey released: 2010
- Dance Mania released: 2009
- Puente in Percussion released: 2009
- The Complete 78s, Volume 2: 1949-1955 released: 2008
- The Complete 78s, Volume 1: 1949-1955 released: 2008
- Tambo released: 2008
- Cool Latin Internationale Experience released: 2007
- Mucho Cha-Cha released: 2007
- The Big World of Tito Puente released: 2006
- The Essential Tito Puente released: 2005
- 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tito Puente released: 2005
- The Rough Guide to Tito Puente released: 2005
- The Original Cuban All Stars released: 2004
- Instant Party: Just Add Tito Puente released: 2004
- Let's Cha-Cha With Tito Puente And His Orchestra released: 2003
- Goza Mi Timbal released: 2003
- Cuban Carnival released: 2003
- El Timbal released: 2002
- The Best of released: 2001
- Cocktail Hour released: 2001
- Tito Puente's Drumming with the Mambo King released: 2000
- Obra Maestra released: 2000
- Party with Puente! released: 2000
- Mambo Birdland released: 1999
- Tito Puente's Golden Latin Jazz All Stars: In Session released: 1998
- Live at Birdland released: 1998
- 50 Years of Swing: 50 Great Years & Tracks released: 1997
- Tito Meets Machito: The Mambo Kings released: 1997
- 50 Years of Swing released: 1997
- Oye Como Va! The Dance Collection released: 1997
- Jazzin' released: 1996
- The Mambo King: 100th LP released: 1996
- More Mambo on Broadway released: 1995
- The Fania Legends of Salsa Collection, Volume 3 released: 1995
- Tito's Idea released: 1995
- Top Percussion / Dance Mania released: 1994
- Mambo Macoco 1949-51 released: 1992
- The Best of Tito Puente & His Orchestra Volume 1 released: 1992
- Dance Mania, Volume 1 released: 1991
- Latina Familia released: 1989
- Salsa Meets Jazz released: 1988
- Homenaje a Beny More, Volume 3 released: 1985
- Tito Puente and His Latin Ensemble on Broadway released: 1983
- Homenaje a Beny released: 1978
- Live at the 1977 Monterey Jazz Festival released: 1977
- Para Los Rumberos released: 1972
- Cha Cha Cha For Lovers released: 1970
- The King released: 1968
- Carnaval En Harlem released: 1966
- Cuba Y Puerto Rico Son... released: 1965
- De mí para ti released: 1964
- El Rey Bravo released: 1962
- Oye Como Va released:
- Tito Puente in Puerto Rico released:
- The King Of The Cha Cha Mambo released:
- Carnaval De Exitos released:
- Exitos Eternos released:
- The Mambo King released:
- Night Beat released:
- Puente Goes Jazz released:
- Yo Quiero Vivir Tranquilo (live New Morning) released:
- Quimbo Quimbumba released:
- The Very Best of Tito Puente and Celia Cruz released:
- The Mambo King Meets the Queen of Salsa released:
- La pareja - the Couple released:
- Ce' Magnifique released:
- Mambos With Puente released:
- The Very Best Of Tito Puente & Vicentico Valdés released:
- Mamborama released:
- Salsa Masters: Tito Puente, Volume 2 released:
- Serie Cristal released:
- Tito Puente Swings - The Exciting La Lupe Sings released:
- Platinum & Gold Collection released:
- The Complete R.C.A. Revolving Bandstand Sessions released:
- Cha Cha Chá released:
- Fiesta Con Puente released:
- Jazz Man released:
- Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival released:
- The Complete RCA Recordings, Volume 1 released:
- The Best of Tito Puente: El Rey del Timbal! released:
- King of Kings: The Very Best of Tito Puente released:
- Undisputed King of Mambo released:
- Tito Puente and His Concert Orquestra released:
- Mambo of the Times released:
- Out of This World released:
- The Complete RCA Recordings, Volume 2 released:
- El Rey / Pa'Lante released:
- Sensación released:
- Un Poco Loco released:
- Homenaje A Beny released:
- Dance Mania, Volume 2 released:
- Mambo Diablo released:
- Golden Latin Jazz All Stars: Live at the Village Gate released:
- Top Percussion released:
- The Best of the Concord Years released:
- Hoy Y Ayer released:
The Complete 78s, Volume 4: 1949-1955
Released 2010- Mambo típico
- Mambo rumbón
- Almendra
- Mambolino
- Suavecito cha cha
- Mambo con cha cha cha
- Pare cochero
- Coco May May
- Cógele bien el compás
- Cha Cha Cha for Lovers
- Carolina
- Enjoy My Cha Cha Cha (Goza mi cha cha cha)
- Having a Ball (Rico vacilón)
- Espinita
- Tito's Merengue
- The Fence (La empaliza)
- The Knockout
- Hot Tamales (Los tamalitos de Olga)
The Complete 78s, Volume 3: 1949-1955
Released 2010- Bam Baram Bam Bam (with Gilberto Monroig)
- Picao' y Tostao' (with Gilberto Monroig)
- The Silver Star (with Gilberto Monroig)
- El Alardoso (with Gilberto Monroig)
- Mambo Rama
- Tropicana
- Caravan Mambo
- Mambo Inn
- Philadelphia Mambo
- 1626 Madison Avenue
- The Carioca
- Cool Mambo
- George Woods Mambo
- Confucius Mambo
- Baila Mi Cha-Cha-Cha
- Ya Lo Puedes Decir (with Gilberto Monroig)
- Cha Cha Cha
- Los Rumberos Se Van (with Gilberto Monroig)
- Bien Explicado (with Gilberto Monroig)
- Alma Muerta (with Gilberto Monroig)
Dance Mania
Released 2009- El Cayuco
- Complicación
- 3-D Mambo
- Llego Mijan (Son Montuno)
- Cuando Te Vea
- Hong Kong Mambo
- Mambo Gozon
- Mi Chiquita Quiere Bembé
- Varsity Drag Mambo
- Estoy Siempre Junto a Ti
- Agua Limpia Todo
- Saca Tu Mujer
- El Cayuco (Son Montuno) [Outtake]
- Estoy Siempre Junto a Ti (Boléro Instrumental) [Out Take #5]
- Mambozooka
- Havana After Dark
- Cuál Es la Idea (What's the Idea)
- Tito Guajira
- Yambeque (Mambo Yambu)
- Son de la Loma
- Guaririambo
- Pa' los Rumberos
The Complete 78s, Volume 2: 1949-1955
Released 2008- Cuban Nightingale
- Tonight I am in Heaven
- I do
- Jumbalato
- La güira
- La gloria eres tú
- El mambo diablo
- Monterrey
- Ta' bueno pa' bailar
- Aprieta el pollo
- Este es tumbao'
- Pénjamo
- Cuero na' ma'
- Este es coco
- Temtation
- Autumn leaves
- I get a kick out of you
- What is this thing called love
- Guaguancó en tropicana
- Tu mi amor divino
The Essential Tito Puente
Released 2005- Ran Kan Kan
- Swinging the Mambo
- Four Beat Cha Cha, Part 1
- Cuando te vea
- Tito Guajira
- Mambo Gozón
- Night Hawk
- Witch Doctor's Nightmare
- Abaniquito
- Picadillo
- Mambo Beat
- Cao Cao Maní Picao
- Birdland After Dark
- Obatalá Yeza
- Chanchullo
- Pa' los rumberos
- Hong Kong Mambo (alternate take)
- What Is This Thing Called Love
- Complicación
- Tito Timbero
The Rough Guide to Tito Puente
Released 2005- Jugando Mama, Jugando
- Mambo Tipico
- Penjamo
- Malanga con Yucca
- Mas Bajo
- Pachito Eche
- Fiesta con Puente
- Piano Pachanga
- El Que Usted Conoce
- Salsa y Sabor
- Black Brothers
- Vibe Mambo
- En El Cafetal
- Los Hermanos Pinzones
- Guiro 6/8
- TP's Shing-A-Ling
- Meditação
- Oye Como Va
- Mi Trompeta Tropical
- Ran Kan Kan
- I Could Have Danced All Night
El Timbal
Released 2002- Mambo La Roca
- Lo Dicen Todos
- Babaratiri
- A Burujon Punao
- Babalagua
- Mambo Macoco
- Mambolero
- Cuban Mambo
- Cuban Cutie
- Mi Guaguanco
- El Timbal
- Abaniquito
- Baila Simon
- Quiero Mi Tambo
- Mambo En Blues
- Ta Bueno Pa Baila
- Aprieta El Pollo
- Guaguanco En Tropicana
- Cuero Na' Ma
- Preparen Candela
- Baile Mi Mambo
- Nuevo Mambo
- Pito Joe
- Plaza Stomp
- Donkey Serenade
Tito Puente's Drumming with the Mambo King
Released 2000- Tito explains the Clave
- Tito talks about the Clave
- Tito plays basic 3:2 Cascara (Paila)
- Basic Cascara (Paila) 2:3 Son Clave
- Double Cascara with accents 2:3 Son Clave
- Double Cascara with accents 3:2 Son Clave
- Pattern 2 - 3:2 Cascara with Bass Drum on Bombo note
- Pattern 2 - 3:2 Cascara with Bass Drum on the "and of 2"
- Mambo Bell pattern, 2:3 Clave
- Mambo Bell pattern, 3:2 Clave
- Transition from Cascara (Paila) to Mambo Bell pattern in 2:3 Clave
- Transition from Cascara (Paila) to Mambo Bell pattern in 3:2 Clave
- Transition from Cascara (Paila) to Mambo Bell pattern in 2:3 Clave
- Transition from Cascara (Paila) to Mambo Bell pattern in 3:2 Clave
- "Cuando Te Vea" - Original Recording
- "Complication" - Original Recording
- Tito plays Abanico
- Transition from Paila to Bell with an Abanico in 3:2 Clave
- Transition from Paila to Bell with an Abanico in 2:3 Clave
- Tito plays Mambo Patterns
- For fast tempos
- For fast tempos
- If the downbeat is emphasized
- Stick on the timbales
- "Saca Tu Mujer" - Original Recording
- "Mambo Gozon" - Original Recording
- "Ran Kan Kan" - Original Recording
- Tito plays Cha Cha Cha
- Up-tempo Cha Cha Cha
- "Oye Como Va" - Original Recording
- "El Cayuco" - Original Recording
- Tito plays Basic Danzon rhythm in 2:3 Clave
- Tito plays Danzon with variations
- Tito plays a Baqueteo Solo
- Tito plays another standard Bolero Cascara pattern
- Four Bar Break
- Four Bar Break - Variation
- Band Break
- Four Bar Break
- Tito explains 3:2 6/8 Bell Pattern A
- Drumset players - Left Hand and Bass Drum Patterns. Triplet Notation
- Tito plays a 6/8 Timbale Solo
- Preliminary Exercise A
- All of the above exercises should also be practiced with 6/8 Bell Pattern A
- "Mi Chiquita Quiere Bembe" - Original Recording
- Tito plays Timbale Solos: Solo #1
- Solo #2
- Solo #3
- Solo #4 - Solo with six Timbales
- "Mambo Beat" - Original Recording
- "Ti Mon Bo" - Original Recording
- "Timbalero" - Original Recording
- "Timbale Solo" - Original Recording
Obra Maestra
Released 2000- La Última Copa (feat. Herman Olivera)
- Muddy's Club Blues in Weinhelm (feat. Jerry Medina)
- Cielito Lindo (La Negra Mariachi Medley) (feat. Oscar D'León)
- Marchando Bien (feat. Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez)
- Picadillo Jam
- El Puente Mundial (feat. Frankie Morales & Jerry Medina)
- El Beso (feat. Michael Stuart)
- El Bochinche (feat. Jerry Medina, Michael Stuart & Herman Olivera)
- Enseñame Tú (Piensalo Bien Bolero Medley) (feat. Michael Stuart & Herman Olivera)
- Paris Mambo (feat. Oscar D'León)
- Yambu Pa' Inglaterra (feat. Herman Olivera)
- Itutu Aché (feat. Milton Cardona & Jerry Medina)
Top Percussion / Dance Mania
Released 1994- Elequana
- Bragada
- Obatala Yeza
- Alaumba Chemache
- Oguere Madeo
- Obaricosu
- Four by Two, Part 1
- Conga alegre
- Ti Mon Bo
- Mon-Ti
- Hot Timbales
- El cayuco
- Complication
- Mambo Gozon
- Saca tu mujer
- Liego Mijan
- Agua limpia todo
- Cuando te vea
- Mi chiquita quiere Bembe
- 3-D Mambo
- Varsity Drag
- Hong Kong Mambo
- Estoy siempre junto a ti
Cha Cha Chá
- Introduction & Tito's Theme
- Baubles, Bangles & Beads
- I Love Paris
- How High the Moon
- At the Balalaika
- Sweet Sue - Just You
- Grossinger's Cha Cha Chá
- Miami Beach Cha Cha Chá
- Managua, Nicaragua
- That Old Devil Moon (In Your Eyes)
- Puente at Grossinger's
- Comme Ci - Come Ca
- Speak Low
- The Jazz Theme
- Tito's Theme
- Grossinger's Cha Cha Chá
- That Old Devil Moon (In Your Eyes)
- I Love Paris
- Miami Beach Cha Cha Chá
- How High the Moon
- Philladelphia, Mambo
The Best of Tito Puente: El Rey del Timbal!
- Ran-Kan-Kan
- Cao-Cao Mani Picao
- Tito Timbero (Tito the Drummer)
- Cual Es La Idea (What's the Idea)
- Oye Mi Guaguanco (Listen to the Guaguanco)
- Lucky Dog
- Night Beat
- Son de la Loma
- Complicacion
- Agua Limpia Todo
- A Gozar Timbero
- Separala Tambien
- Ojos Negras
- T.P. on the Strip
- Ah-Vah
- Ascot Gavotte
- El Rey del Timbal
- Machito Forever
Homenaje A Beny
- Intro: A Beny More
- Guantanamo
- Mi Chiquita Quiere Guarachar
- Que Bueno Baila Usted
- Yiri Yiri Bon
- Santa Isabel De Las Lajas
- Tratame Como Soy
- Bonito Y Sabroso
- Se Me Cayo El Tabaco
- Francisco Guayabal
- En El Tiempo De La Colonia
- Manigua
- De La Rumba Al Cha-Cha-Cha
- Nena Me Muero
- La Mucura
- Baila Mi Son
- El Conde Negro
- Oh! Vida
Born: 1923-04-20
Died: 2000-06-01
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Exitos Eternos
by: Tito PuenteRan kan kan kan, kan kan
Pero suenan, suenan los timbales
Ran kan kan kan, kan kan
Tito, Tito suename los timbales
Ran kan kan kan, kan kan
Goza, goza, goza con los timbales
Ran kan kan kan, kan kan
Pero suenan, suenan los timbales
Ran kan kan kan, kan kan
Ah como, como suenan los timbales
Ran kan kan kan, kan kan
Tito ponme a gozar con los timbales
Ran kan kan kan, kan kan
Ay como suenan, suenan oye negrón los timbales
Ran kan kan kan, kan kan
Tito Puente ponme a gozar sabrosón con tus timbales
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