Essential Tito Puente [Original recording remastered]

Tito Puente | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 16, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000A6T2F8
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,585 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #4 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Cuba > Big Band
  • #14 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Cuba > Mambo
  • #80 in Music > Latin Music > Tropical > Salsa

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Ran Kan Kan

2. Swinging the Mambo

3. Four Beat Cha Cha, Pt. 1

4. Cuando Te Vea

5. Tito Guajira

6. Mambo Gozón

7. Night Hawk

8. Witch Doctor's Nightmare

9. Abaniquito

10. Picadillo

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Oye Como Va

2. Cuál Es la Idea

3. El Cayuco

4. Son de la Loma

5. 3-D Mambo

6. Cuban Nightmare

7. Oye Mi Guaguancó (Listen to the Guaguancó)

8. Take the "A" Train

9. Elegua Chango

10. Si Te Contara

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Esssential Tito Puente, July 14, 2007

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Wilberto Casado "Willieclave54" (Bronx NY Usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Tito Puente (Audio CD)

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

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tito Puente, the King of Latin Music, September 4, 2008

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Douglas Vergara "MUSIC" (Bristol, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Tito Puente (Audio CD)

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.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente!, July 6, 2008

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R. Knight (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential Tito Puente (Audio CD)

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!