Rey Del Timbal: Best of

Tito Puente | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 16, 1997)
• Original Release Date: September 16, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / Wea
• ASIN: B000003428
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #237,320 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ran Kan Kan

2. Cao Cao Mani Picao

3. Tito Timbero (Tito the Drummer)

4. Cuál Es la Idea (What's the Idea)

5. Oye Mi Guaguancó (Listen to the Guaguancó)

6. Lucky Dog

7. Night Beat

8. Son de la Loma

9. Complicación

10. Agua Limpia Todo

11. A Gozar Timbero

12. Separala Tambien

13. Ojos Negras

14. T.P. on the Strip

15. Ah-Vah

16. Ascot Gavotte

17. El Rey del Timbal

18. Machito Forever

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What Tito Puente was not, December 15, 2000

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Rene V. Contreras (Akiachak, AK United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rey Del Timbal: Best of (Audio CD)

I have a number of Tito Puente, Mongo Santa Maria, Machito, and other great Afro-Cuban musicians albums. I thought this complilation would add some titles I haven't been able to locate. What a disappointment. Ran Kan Kan, which I remember hearing as a child, is not the original recording. Instead a second-rate cut. This continues throughout the disc. The best part was the liner notes, which praised Tito's fantastic album, Tito in Purcussion, yet a cut was not included. Stay away from this one.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Collection of Tito's Best Work!, June 1, 2000

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Brian J. Paulsen (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rey Del Timbal: Best of (Audio CD)

This record grooves as is typical of Afro-Cuban/Latin styles of music. This is nothing like the popularized from of Latin music that we hear of nowadays. This album features all that was good about the late Tito Puente, with everything from great jazz ballads such as "Night Beat" to the smashing sounds of his classic Mombo styles, such as "Ran-Kan-Kan," my favorite, "Machito Forever," and Puente's anthem, "El Ray del Timbal." Overall I liked this album because it displays all of the Mambo King's talents in a wide variety of settings. This album, I think, is one of the best ways to discover REAL latin music.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for both the initiate and connoisseur., September 29, 1998

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Larry Gassan "Larry Gassan" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rey Del Timbal: Best of (Audio CD)

Tito Puente is a titan. The brilliance and sophistication of his arrangements harnessed to the talent of the musicians is exuberant and flawless. Liner notes are thorough and insightful.