Night Beat

Tito Puente | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 17, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Koch Records
• ASIN: B000006J5T
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,037 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #92 in Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Cuba > Big Band

Track Listings

1. Night Beat

2. Mambo Beat

3. Sea Breeze

4. Emerald Beach

5. The Late, Late Scene

6. Carioca

7. Night Ritual

8. Malibu Beat

9. Flying Down To Rio

10. Night Hawk

11. Live A Little

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com essential recording

In 1957, timbalero Tito Puente's push for Latin beats in jazz was in agreement with many of the bebop community's ideas on complex rhythms being ideal for their music. Rather than go for bop, though, Puente went--as here on Night Beat--for a charging, swinging sound that featured tight horn-ensemble work and compact solos. Puente and a trio of percussionists--including Ramon "Mongo" Santamaria--lay down a bustling groove, expanding the performances in a quilt-like fashion. The band shines when Puente is pounding out his beats and lays back when Puente plays the vibraphone on more lush, faux exotica tunes (like "Sea Breeze"). One of the charms of this set is its sound, which remains high in quality throughout. Puente's made lots of dates where he's drummed more furiously, but this session finely balances both his and the band's huge talents. Recognize that trumpeter? It's Carl "Doc" Severinsen. --Andrew Bartlett

Product Description

Previously available only on import, this album from percussion master Tito Puente remains one of THE essential sessions in Latin jazz. That's Doc Severinsen on trumpet, by the way the complete 1957 RCA release.