Topic: Tito Puente
Cuban expatriate Paquito D'Rivera headlines a concert of Latin jazz stalwarts at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts in the Bronx on Oct. 29...
The venerable New York City nightclub that has seen legends like Celia Cruz, Héctor Lavoe and Tito Puente grace its stage is back after a four-year...
WEDNESDAY 25. . EVENT: Four bachata acts — J'Martin, Loisaidas, 24 Horas and Yunel Cruz —hold a panel discussion sponsored by BMI on the process of...
Celia Cruz and Tito Puente, two legendary artists who called New York home, are among five Latin music giants honored with a U.S. stamp that goes...
Ja Rule will report to his new residence--jail--in June. Well, at least we agree with Waka Flocka Flame on one thing: he ain't got no lyrics. Latin...
When the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts opened three decades ago, it catered to traditional classical music audiences.. . But the Bronx was...
Charles Ira Fox (born October 30, 1940) is an American composer for film and television. His most heard compositions are probably the "love themes" (the sunshine pop musical backgrounds which accompanied every episode of the 1970s ABC-TV show Love, American Style ), and ...
Tito Puente was a legendary Latin jazz musician. He introduced the sound of 'Timbales' to jazz music, giving jazz a Latin flavored beat. He contributed to the world of Latin jazz as a bandleader, composer, arranger, and percussionist.
Latin Jazz is not just a sub genre but there from the beginning. The earliest jazz recordings of Jelly Roll Morton and WC Handy were infused with Latin dance rhythms. The 1940's saw the big band jazz influence in the composition ...
one of the first names that springs to mind is ?La Reyna,? or the Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz. A prolific and flamboyant salsa singer, Celia Cruz?s voice was uniquely her own. She was an authentic human being, an artist without ...
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Tito Puente on Sesame Street
¡Arriba, muchachos! It's Latin percussionist extraordinaire Tito Puente, whose ...2007-07-18 -
Tito Puente Last Life Performance Oye ...
By virtue of his warm, flamboyant stage manner, longevity, constant ...2009-11-09 -
Tito Puente - El Cumbanchero
Rare, non-commercial 1965 clip of Tito Puente playing "El Cumbanchero ...2007-02-18
