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Tito Puente
Tito Puente artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Interviews & Profiles
December 10, 2008 The King of Latin Music was a dynamic percussionist and bandleader — and an irrepressible showman.
August 23, 2008 The Latin percussionist's classic 1972 album captures a 20th-century musical genius at his peak.
Discover Songs
Basic Jazz Record Library
Latin Percussion Jazz Ensemble: 'Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1980'
()August 1, 2001 Recordings produced to market congas, timbales, and bongos became must-haves for Latin Jazz Lovers.
August 1, 2001 This five-disc set gives a broad overview of Puente's innovative, danceable style.
August 1, 2001 "The King of Mambo" performed his Latin magic in front of a San Francisco audience.
Reviews
November 11, 2009 Milo Miles reviews two new collections by the late Latin pioneers Tito Rodriguez and Tito Puente.
Basic Jazz Record Library
Latin Percussion Jazz Ensemble: 'Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1980'
()August 1, 2001 Recordings produced to market congas, timbales, and bongos became must-haves for Latin Jazz Lovers.
August 1, 2001 This five-disc set gives a broad overview of Puente's innovative, danceable style.
August 1, 2001 "The King of Mambo" performed his Latin magic in front of a San Francisco audience.
More Stories
April 20, 2013 A new box set compiles the timbalero's RCA recordings, when his band lit up dance floors nightly.
Partner Content from Jazz24
December 21, 2010 Jazz24 music director Nick Francis selects his favorite reissues of the year.
May 26, 2009 Many percussion duos display seemingly telepathic interplay. Picking just five was a chore.
September 25, 2000 Puente's song helped solidify Santana's place in history as one of the fathers of Latin rock.
