Para Los Rumberos [Full length]

Tito Puente | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 30, 1992)
• Original Release Date: 1972
• Format: Full length
• Label: Tico
• ASIN: B00008FWKX
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,597,808 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Para Los Rumberos

2. Niña y Señora

3. Guayaba

4. Ya No Me Quieres

5. Dias en el Palladium

6. Salsa y Sabor

7. China

8. Batuka

9. Contentoso

10. El Catire

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

Fania Records was founded in 1964 by Italian-American Jerry Masucci and multi-talented musician Johnny Pacheco. Fania holds a legendary spot in the history of Latin music, and its catalog includes landmark recordings that have marked and defined the history of Latin music. During its heyday in the 1970s, Fania's roster included virtually every luminary of the genre, among them Johnny Pacheco, Willie Colon, Ruben Blades, Hector Lavoe Celia Cruz, Larry Harlow, and Eddie Palmieri. In addition, the label also created the fabled Fania All-Stars, a kind of all star super band that took salsa music to the world.

Thirty original Fania productions will be available for purchase this March 2006. Each tune has been re-mastered from its original mixed tape and has been re-packaged with extensive liner notes. All productions will feature the original cover designs as well as additional pictures and images. Since the days the Fania originals were recorded, analog and digital technology has greatly improved. Today's mastering engineers can bring out musicality with great detail and in a way that was unachievable in the past. Relive the magic of salsa by adding these newly restored classics to your collection!

Fania fue fundada en el 1964 por el abogado Italo-Americano Jerry Massucci y el multitalentoso musico Johnny Pacheco. Fania posee una trayectoria legendaria en la historia de la musica latina, y su catálogo incluye grabaciones que han marcado y definido la música latina. En la epoca de los años 70, la lista de artistas de la Fania incluyo practicamente a todo virtuoso del genrero salsero, entre ellos Johnny Pacheco, Willie Colon, Ruben Blades, Hector Lavoe, Celia Cruz, Larry Harlow, y Eddie Palmieri. Por otra parte, la disquera tambien consagro la afamada Orquesta conocida como los Fania AllStars, el supergrupo que trasporto la musica salsa por todo el mundo.

Treinta producciones originales de Fania estarán disponibles a la venta este Marzo del 2006. Cada produccion ha sido remasterizada de la cinta de mezcla original y se ha empaquetado con elementos nuevos. Todos los discos contienen extensos datos sobre la produccion. Los disenos originales de caratulas se han mantenido y se han incluido imagenes y photos adicionales. La tecnologia digital ha desarrollado a tal nivel que hoy en dia se puede brindar esta musica con un gran mejoramiento en el sonido. Treinta obras clásicas de Fania se podran disfrutar con una nueva profundidad estereofónica. Cada tema volvera a la vivir! Reviva la magia de la Salsa con estos temas classicos restaurados.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In Memoriam "The King of the Timbales", April 3, 2006

By 

Oswald Placeres "Mr. Pleasures" (The Balkans) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Para Los Rumberos (Audio CD)

I consider this CD one of his best recordings. I believe Tito Puente was the first New York Rican musician to play the Afro-Cuban music in New York. He devoted his time in learning how to play the Cuban rhythms and became "The king Of the Timbales". His early recordings consisted most of Mambo tunes, he learned most of the rhythms from the great Cuban Jazz composer and his mentor Mario Bauza. Also he was the timbalero for Pupi Campo (RUMBAS & MAMBOS) and his orchestra one of the early Cubans who introduced the Afro-Cuban sound in New York. On this CD He demonstrates what a good composer and musical arranger he was. The song "Nina y Senora" is a great combination of two old Cuban songs form a great big band Cuban composer of the early 1930's. The son "Para los Rumberos" was an inspiration of the Cuban Carnivals (RCA original recording 1956: Tito Puente "Cuban Carnival") rumberos dancers during the comparsas in the streets of Havana, and in the casino shows. Although he was not of Cuban origin, he loved the Cuban music very much, and came very close to the real Cuban sound, he also included many Cuban musicians and singers for his Big Band during his life time. I believe he ranks as one of the best Afro-Cuban interpreters of all times. +Tito Puente+ (R.I.P).