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	Tito Puente - MSN Encarta
		Puente began leading his own band in 1949, and his recording of the song “Albaniquito” that year became one of the first mambo hits to gain wide popularity with a variety of audiences.
		Between 1956 and 1960, Puente released a number of albums on the RCA Victor record label that established his position as a leading figure in Latin American, jazz, and popular music.
		Puente recorded not only with many Latin American music stars, but also with a number of well-known jazz musicians, including American trumpeter and bandleader Doc Severinsen and American clarinetist and bandleader Woody Herman.
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	Tito Puente (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was "Tito Puente Day" in Spanish Harlem, and thousands of his fans as well as a small army of New York politicos and music-biz staffers filled the streets to honor the revered Puerto Rican-born bandleader.
		Puente's original recordings of "Para los Rumberos" and "Oye Cómo Va" outdo Santana's, not only because Puente's skill as a percussionist outshines any of Santana's hired guns, but also because Puente is the superior arranger.
		Puente, who performs on the opening night of this summer's Newport Jazz Festival, started working in the '40s, when Latin dance singles were his forte.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/music/97/08/07/TITO_PUENTE.html (623 words)

	Tito Puente - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Puente served in the Navy for three years during World War II after being drafted in 1942.
		During the 1950s, Puente was at the height of his mass popularity, and helped to bring Afro-Cuban and Caribbean sounds, like mambo, son, and cha-cha-cha, to mainstream audiences (he was so successful playing popular Afro-Cuban rhythms that many people mistakenly identify him as Cuban).
		In 1990, Puente was awarded the "James Smithson Bicentennial Medal".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tito_Puente (461 words)

	Tito Puente Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Tito Puente (1923-2000) is widely considered to be the godfather of Latin jazz and salsa, devoting more than six decades of his life to performing Latin music and earning a reputation as a masterful percussionist.
		Tito Puente was born in New York City's Spanish Harlem in 1923, where the hybrid of Afro-Cuban and Afro-Puerto Rican music helped create salsa music (the Spanish word for "spice" and "sauce" is salsa).
		Puente first performed as a young boy with a local band called Los Happy Boys, at New York City's Park Place Hotel, and by the age of 13, he was considered a child prodigy by his family, neighbors, and fellow bandmembers.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/tito-puente (1144 words)

	Music of Puerto Rico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Born Ernest Anthony Puente, Jr., Tito Puente is internationally recognized for his enormous and significant contributions to Latin music as a bandleader, composer, arranger, percussionist, and mentor.
		Puente has been credited with introducing the timbal and the vibraphone to Afro-Cuban music, Puente also played the trap drums, the conga drums, the claves, the piano, and occasionally, the saxophone and the clarinet.
		In the 1950s during the Palladium era, Tito Puente’s band was one of the top three orchestras in New York City, along with the orchestras of Machito and Tito Rodriguez.
	www.musicofpuertorico.com /index.php/artists/tito_puente (1004 words)

	Tito Puente
		Tito Puente and His Latin Ensemble on Broadway, Concord Picante, 1983.
		Born under the name of Ernest Anthony Puente, Jr., Tito Puente is internationally recognized for his seminal contributions to Latin music as a bandleader, composer, arranger, and percussionist.
		While Puente is perhaps best known for his all-time best-selling 1958 mambo album Dance Mania, his eclectic sound has continued to transcend cultural and generational boundaries.
	www.si.umich.edu /CHICO/salsa/artists/tpuente.htm (245 words)

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		Tito's idol was Gene Krupa, and at an early age he won $10 playing Krupa's "Sing, Sing, Sing" solo note-for-note in a music contest.
		Tito was a showman, as evidenced by the wild paint jobs on his many sets of timbales, his sequin jackets, his grimaces and tongue-biting during solos, and his over-the-head stick moves.
		Tito smiled, said goodbye, and went off with his "band boy" Ralph Barbarosa (who's been with him for thirty-two years) to rehearse and play a concert that night in Carnegie Hall.
	www.pas.org /About/HOF/puente.cfm (1560 words)

	Booking Agency for Tito Puente for your Party or Event
		Tito Puente is by far the most noted and cherished American celebrity of Hispanic descent alive today.
		In addition to his four Grammy awards and 10 Grammy nominations, Tito Puente has received a Presidential Commendation for his tour of duty in W.W.II, the Eubie Blake Award from the National Academy of Arts, the Smithsonian Medal of Honor, the ASCAP Founders Award and the Washington, D.C.'s Hispanic Heritage Committee Award for the Arts.
		Tito Puente's music education began with twenty five cent piano lessons, followed by study of the drum set.
	www.nationalacts.com /bands/tito_puente.htm (713 words)

	Tito Puente (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In the late 40s, while Tito was performing the roles of contractor, arranger and timbales player with Pupi Campo's orchestra, he organized a group that promoter Federico Pagani dubbed the Picadilly Boys ("Picadillo" meaning beef or pork hash) after being impressed by their performance of the Latin jam style (descarga).
		Puente switched to RCA Victor Records and between 1956 and 1960 he released a string of albums on the label, including the notable Cuban Carnival and the bestselling Dance Mania.
		Puente also recorded a string of successful albums with La Lupe between 1965 and 1967, and made a couple of albums with Beny Moré's widow, Noraida, at the beginning of the 70s.
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	AHA- Latin Music Legends: Tito Puente (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Puente wrote half of the arrangements, contributed some excellent playing on timbales and vibes, and is heard heading a spirited three-horn, three-percussion octet.
		This sizzling, spicy 11-track compilation of Tito Puente's greatest works including his hottest rumbas, mambos, and what is sometimes referred to as the double mambo, the chachachá, is the closest documentation of the "live" excitement and fervor that the genius brought to his audiences during his brilliant lifetime.
		Puente's career is so broad and varied, moving from be-bop oriented large groups and all-percussion rumbas to, collaborations with Celia Cruz and small groups, that no one record can capture what he does.
	www.latinoarts.org /bookstore/puente.htm (1632 words)

	LP: Players Roster: Tito Puente
		Puente was responsible for making timbales a respectable solo instrument in Latin dance music and Latin jazz.
		Puente's craving for innovation and perfection helped lead to the design of LP's Tito Puente Model Timbales.
		Though he is no longer physically with us, Tito Puente will live forever in the hearts of music fans the world over.
	www.lpmusic.com /Pros_That_Play_LP/Players_Roster/puente.html (212 words)

	Tito Puente Jr. in concert live in Nassau, Bahamas - Concert Reviews - SalsaPower!
		Puente, Jr., whose father Tito Puente was renowned worldwide for his prowess in playing timbales as well as for a successful career in composition and arranging that spanned six decades, delighted the crowd with a 90-minute tribute to his late father and what he earlier termed "Afro-Cuban music with a New York style".
		While Puente admits he is not attempting to surpass his father's playing, he seemed strongly committed to giving a show that would revive memories of the Palladium days of mambo Tito Puente style.
		Puente hopes to have three different productions completed by this time next year: a "Big Three" Palladium-style mambo - swing album in September, a salsa album in which he hopes to involve a number of Latin greats, including Johnny Pacheco, and an English album which is largely complete but which Mr.
	www.salsapower.com /concerts/titopuentejr.htm (640 words)

	Tito Puente
		Puente subsequently moved to Tico Records and changed the group's name to Tito Puente and his Orchestra.
		Puente's fame skyrocketed when promoter Max Hyman bought the Palladium dance hall and opened it as a nightclub just as the craze for dancing the mambo and cha-cha hit in the early 1950s.
		Puente suffered through the boogaloo craze ("Boogaloo meant nothing to me. It stunk.") and carried on into the rise of salsa in the early 1970s.
	www.spaceagepop.com /puente.htm (749 words)

	Gale - Free Resources - Hispanic Heritage - Biographies - Tito Puente
		Tito Puente is internationally recognized for his seminal contributions to Latin music as a bandleader, composer, arranger, and percussionist.
		While his father, Ernest Anthony Puente, Sr., worked as a foreman in a razor blade factory, his mother, Ercilia Puente, was the first to notice her eldest son's musical talent, enrolling him in 25-cent piano lessons when he was seven.
		Puente's tour with the band came to a temporary halt when he too received his call from the military; for the next three years Puente served on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the South Pacific.
	www.galegroup.com /free_resources/chh/bio/puente_t.htm (1769 words)

	Tito Puente
		In the 50s during the Palladium era, Tito Puente's band was one of the top three orchestras in New York.
		Puente rode the wave of the Mambo craze and went on to become a household name.
		Puente was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1990 and was featured in the 1992 film The Mambo Kings.
	www.salsacentro.com /tito.htm (739 words)

	CNN.com - Entertainment - Latin musician Tito Puente dies after heart surgery - June 1, 2000
		NEW YORK (CNN) -- Tito Puente, the Latin music bandleader and percussionist, died Wednesday night at New York University Hospital after undergoing heart surgery, a spokesman said Thursday.
		Puente recorded more than 100 albums in his 60-year career and was instrumental in defining Latin jazz.
		His wife, Margie; eldest son Ronnie; daughter Audrey, a meteorologist on NBC; youngest son Tito Puente Jr., an R&B hip-hop artist; and a granddaughter were at the hospital when Puente died, his manager said.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/01/tito.puente (522 words)

	Tito Puente - Biography - AOL Music
		By virtue of his warm, flamboyant stage manner, longevity, constant touring, and appearances in the mass media, Tito Puente is probably the most beloved symbol of Latin jazz.
		But more than that, Puente managed to keep his music remarkably fresh over the decades; as a timbales virtuoso, he combined mastery over every rhythmic nuance with old-fashioned showmanship -- watching his eyes bug out when taking a dynamic solo was one of the great treats for Latin jazz fans.
		Not one to paint himself into a tight Latin music corner, Puente's range extended to big-band jazz (Puente Goes Jazz), and in the '60s, bossa nova tunes, Broadway hits, boogaloos, and pop music, although in later years he tended to stick with older Latin jazz styles that became popularly known as salsa.
	music.aol.com /artist/tito-puente/3402/biography (573 words)

	Tito Puente Page in Fuller Up, The Dead Musician Directory
		The eldest son of Puerto Rican parents, Puente was born Ernest Anthony Puente Jr.
		Puente had been released from a San Juan, Puerto Rico, hospital May 2 after two days of treatment for an irregular heartbeat.
		Puente canceled all his events in May, including three concerts planned with the Symphonic Orchestra of Puerto Rico.
	elvispelvis.com /titopuente.htm (1915 words)

	Submit Tito Puente Memories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tito Puente was the most loved musician I have ever known and was always loyal to the musicians who served him.
		Tito Puente was also a very good sport when it came to "livening up" the many photo shoots with LP's Founder and Chairman, Martin Cohen, behind the camera.
		Tito Puente was, and will continue to be, a huge influence on me and on all of modern Latin music, and on Latin jazz in particular.
	www.velocity.net /~yanqui1/TitoPuente.htm (3462 words)

	BBC News \| ENTERTAINMENT \| Latin legend Puente dies
		Musician Tito Puente, who was widely credited with shaping the sound of Latin jazz, has died in hospital in New York aged 77.
		Puente recorded more than 100 albums in more than 60 years in the music industry.
		The eldest son of Puerto Rican parents, he was born Ernest Anthony Puente Junior in New York on 20 April 1923.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/773062.stm (289 words)

	Tito Puente
		This was my introduction to Tito Puente in 1952..Tito Puente and Tito Rodriguez both playing in Jose Curbelo's band.
		I started to play with small Latin bands in NY and played in the Catskill Mountain Hotels where Tito Puente, Charlie Palmieri, Joe Cuba, Machito and the Lecuona Cuban Boys were all holding court in the summertime.
		Tito Puente was my mentor, teacher and inspiration and a true friend.
	www.larryharlow.com /newcontent/tito_puente.htm (412 words)

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		Tito Puente was born in New York City in 1923 to a family of Puerto Rican descent, planning to become a dancer before an ankle injury channeled his creative energies into music.
		By the time he was 13, Puente was drumming for Ramon Olivero's band, later formally studying composition at the Julliard and New York Schools of Music.
		A multi-talented musician, Puente freely switched between saxophone, conga drums, bongos and vibraphones, composing, arranging, conducting, and performing with his orchestra.
	www.rhythmweb.com /tito_puente (339 words)

	TITO PUENTE
		TITO WAS BORN APRIL 20, 1923 SHORTLY AFTER HIS PARENTS ARRIVED FROM PUERTO RICO IN A SECTION OF MANHATTAN KNOWN TO NEW YORK LATINOS AS EL BARRIO AND ALSO KNOWN AS SPANISH HARLEM.
		TITO WAS SIXTEEN YEARS OLD WHEN HE STARTED PLAYING WITH THE JOSE CURBELO ORCHESTRA.
		TITO WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE NAVY IN 1945 AFTER HAVING FOUGHT NINE BATTLES, RECEIVING A PRESIDENTIAL COMMENDATION AND ALSO RECEIVING THE BRONZE MEDAL OF HONOR.
	www.raeslatinmusicpage.myeweb.net /custom4.html (170 words)

	Amazon.com: Obra Maestra (Masterpiece): Music: Tito Puente,Eddie Palmieri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The original title of Tito Puente's final album was Por Fin --"Finally"--a reference to the fact that Puente and fellow Latin-jazz titan Eddie Palmieri never had recorded together, despite Puente's work with pianist Palmieri's brother Charlie early in their careers.
		Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri are night and day artistically, however, here they pool their collective genius to bring us a swinging repertoire of compositions that encompass a wide range of styles.
		Tito Puente is the undisputed King, El Rey, El Maestro, an ambassador of Latin music and more recently, the elder statesman.
	www.amazon.com /Obra-Maestra-Masterpiece-Tito-Puente/dp/B00004TRUP (1264 words)

	Tito Puente - Music Downloads - Online
		Bio: By virtue of his warm, flamboyant stage manner, longevity, constant touring, and appearances in the mass media, Tito Puente is probably the most beloved symbol of Latin jazz.
		Rooted in Spanish Harlem, of Puerto Rican descent, Puente originally intended to become a dancer but those ambitions were scotched by a torn ankle tendon suffered in an accident.
		Among the major-league congueros who played with the Puente band in the '50s were Mongo Santamaria, Willie Bobo, Johnny Pacheco, and Ray Barretto, which resulted in some explosive percussion shootouts.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/104/056/2/1040562.html (483 words)

	Latin Jazz Club - Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Tito Puente and Eddie Palmieri - Masterpiece/Obra Maestra
		In such a huge recording project where over 40 musicians are involved--each a seasoned warrior that adds his or her own individual musical distinction to this music which thrives on the sum of its parts--it seems inconceivable that proper credit was not given to identify each musician's role in the creative process.
		The undeniable rhythm and sound of Tito Puente and orchestra cuts through with relentless fury on the Grammy winning CD "Mambo Birdland" taking the listener back in time spanding over half a century to an era widely known as the Palladium days.....
	www.latinjazzclub.com /Masterpiece.html (1013 words)

	Drummerworld: Tito Puente
		Tito Puente, the great Harlem-born Puerto Rican musician known as the "sultan of salsa" and "king of timbales," died Thursday June 1, 2000, during a heart operation, a spokesman from New York University Hospital said.
		He is Tito Puente, The King of Latin Music.
		We were very saddened by Tito's sudden passing and we feel very honored to have had the privilege of working so closely with a truly legendary musician...
	www.drummerworld.com /drummers/Tito_Puente.html (607 words)

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