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  Seattle Criminal Defense Lawyer Tito Rodriguez - Experience
Rodriguez demonstrated to the jury that the officers had overreacted and that it was the police officers rather than the client who had actually instigated the altercation.
Rodriguez established that this had actually been a verbal argument rather than an assault and that the wife had called police and lied in order to "win" the fight and teach her husband a lesson.
Rodriguez persuaded the jury that the defendant was a naïve but well-intentioned young girl who had been duped by a friend and had no idea the check was a fake.
www.titorodriguez.com /experience.html   (1056 words)

  
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Margaret Puente and Tito Rodriguez Junior were delighted to offer their original charts for use, along with the Machito scores.
Tito Puente collected many Doctorate Degrees and commendations and was depicted on a US Postal Stamp in ’96 as well as receiving a “Star” on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Pablo 'Tito' Rodriguez was born on 4 January 1923 in Santurce, Puerto Rico.
www.bprmusic.com /webpages/artists/bigthreeorchestra.htm   (772 words)

  
 Tito Rodriguez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tito produced his own television show called "El Show de Tito Rodriguez" which was transmitted through channel 7.
Tito's last public appearance was with Machito and his Band on February 2, 1973 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
On April 1999 Tito Rodríguez was represented by his son, Tito Rodriguez Jr., in the induction ceremonies of the International Latin Music Hall of Fame.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tito_Rodriguez   (815 words)

  
 Titi Rodriguez
Vocalist, percussionist, bandleader, composer, producer, label boss Tito Rodriguez was "equally talented as an uptempo improvising sonero (singer in the salsa style) and a romantic singer".
Tito was born to a Cuban mother and Dominican father.
Rodriguez had to rename his band the Lobos Del Mambo (Mambo Wolves) as the aggrieved Oller objected to the use of Mambo Devils.
www.fortunecity.com /westwood/prada/82/id42.htm   (1423 words)

  
 Tito Rodriguez — 'El Inolvidable'
In 1947-48 Tito Rodriguez formed a conjunto called the Mambo Devils and recorded eight tunes for the SMC Label.
Tito Rodriguez later became part of the showcase, which would later be known as "The Big Three" at the Palladium.
Tito Rodriguez died on Feb. 28, 1973, of leukemia and Tito Puente May 31, 2000, of heart failure.
archive.recordonline.com /archive/2005/02/12/quepasa1.htm   (1555 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 never failed to give credit to those who helped popularize "our Latin music." When the shoot ended, Tito was proud of the efficiency of his performance.
www.pas.org /About/HOF/puente.cfm   (1560 words)

  
 Rodriguez, Hector, SSGT, UCASA - Record   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Rodriguez is a highly skilled field engineer and vehicle operator.
Rodriguez's hobbies of note are aerial acrobatics and high-altitude freefall jumping, dirt-biking, talking.
Rodriguez comes from a large, lower class extended Puerto Rican family from the barrios of Brooklyn, New York.
mailer.fsu.edu /~bmonroe/Shadowrun/specfor/bios/tito.html   (315 words)

  
 Champlain College: Majors: Marketing: Faculty Profiles
Tito is an adjunct instructor in international business and marketing at Champlain College.
Tito has a master’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) and a bachelor’s degree from the Polytechnic University of New York.
Originally from the Dominican Republic, Tito was raised in Brooklyn, New York.
www.champlain.edu /majors/marketing/faculty/index.php?fac=rodriguez   (246 words)

  
 Historical Archives
It was Tito’s dancing skills, which he developed practicing with his sister, which would become a fundamental aspect and building block to Tito’s approach to his music in later years.
Tito was a war hero, having served in nine battles in the Pacific and Atlantic.
Rodriguez was a bit smoother and his arrangements seemed a bit simpler.
www.latinjazzalive.org /historial_archives.htm   (4867 words)

  
 Blue Note New York Performance Schedule
Later, singer TITO RODRIGUEZ and his band became a major crowd-puller and competed with Machito & Puente as the star act; thus THE BIG 3.
The band led to the Tito Puente Ensemble etc and after many US hits he wrote & recorded Oye Como Va that is still the number one Latin anthem, which Carlos Santana made internationally famous in the 70fs.
Tito Puente collected many Doctorate Degrees and commendations and was depicted on a US Postal Stamp in f96 as well as receiving a gStarh on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
www.bluenote.net /newyork/schedule/moreinfo.cgi?id=1492   (737 words)

  
 Tito Puente   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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)

  
 Tito Puente Latin Legends Salsa Bands Los Angeles Artist Bookings Reggaeton Bookings Salsa Artist Bookings
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).
Along with Tito Rodríguez and Machito, Puente became one of the kings of the 50's mambo era.
In 1960, Tito And His Orchestra journeyed to the west coast of America to record The Exciting Tito Puente Band In Hollywood (aka Puente Now!) for GNP Records.
www.solosabor.com /titopuente.html   (1313 words)

  
 LP: Players Spotlight: Tito Puente Long Live the King
Tito's artistic activities were not confined to the studio and the stage.
Tito's wife, the former Margie Ascencio sang back up on several of her husband's albums.
Tito was being approached by singers Frank Sinatra, Rosemarie Clooney, and Abbe Lane to record individual projects.
www.lpmusic.com /Pros_That_Play_LP/players_spotlight/tito_1980s.htm   (404 words)

  
 HYP RECORDS/Vinyl Safari: Latin--Tito Rodriguez
In fact, he and Puente, "the two Titos" headlining at New York City's famous Palladium, were rivals for the title of Mambo King until Perez Prado took it.
While Tito Rodriguez played mambo on a par with the others, it was his voice that set him apart.
Tito Rodriguez & the Mambo; RCA Victor LPM-1080; 1955
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 Tito Puente
On four occasions, Tito was crowned king for his exceptional dance ability.
In the 50s during the Palladium era, Tito Puente's band was one of the top three orchestras in New York.
The orchestras of Machito and Tito Rodriguez were the others.
www.salsacentro.com /tito.htm   (739 words)

  
 Profile - Tito Puente
Born of Puerto Rican parentage, Tito began piano lessons when he was seven years old and around the age of 10 he started tuition in drums and percussion, which became his forte.
Tito's reputation as a sizzling arranger quickly grew and led to numerous assignments from prominent bandleaders.
Tito also recorded a string of successful albums with La Lupe between 1965 and 1967, and made a couple of albums with Beny Mor é's widow, Noraida, at the beginning of the 70s.
www.salsaweb.com /music/articles/titopuente.htm   (2050 words)

  
 Latin Jazz Club - Ruben Rodriguez, Rudy Mangual, Ralph Irizarry, Mark Levine: remembering Tito Puente   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Tito Puente the man, to me was kind, humble, outgoing, good hearted and of the funniest guys I had the pleasure of knowing.
During his prime, Tito Puente was the undisputed "King of the Timbal" and throughout his illustrious career, the biggest ambassador of Latin music to the world.
In the last couple of years of his life he would always bring up the fact that he was advancing in years, and that it was up to the younger generation of timbaleros and musicians on a whole to keep up the traditions and keep knocking on the doors he opened for us.
www.latinjazzclub.com /TITOPUENTE/titopuentefestival-3.html   (564 words)

  
 Tito Rodriguez
Rodriguez moved to New York to live with his brother Johnny, and joined the traditional Latin vocal group, Cuarteto Caney.
He soon dropped the name entirely and stuck with the billing of Tito Rodriguez and his Orchestra for the next 20 years.
His son, Tito Jr., revived the sound of his father's heighday with a 15-piece band, and has recorded several albums.
www.spaceagepop.com /rodrigue.htm   (558 words)

  
 LP: Players Roster: Johnny Rodriguez, Jr.
His father, Johnny Rodriguez, Sr., played with Tito Rodriguez and Tito Puente, when they joined the west coast based Stan Kenton Band.
Three years later, when he was 17, Johnny was chosen by Tito Puente to join his band.
On those rare times when Tito isn't working, Rodriguez joins several Puente band members in the hot band, The Bronx Horns.
www.lpmusic.com /Pros_That_Play_LP/Players_Roster/rodriguez.html   (244 words)

  
 Profile: Tito Rodríguez   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Tito singing on two '41 sides), Xavier Cugat (replacing Miguelito Valdés Mar. '42 as a singer/percussionist; CD Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra 1940-42
"Bim Bam Bum," Tito's first recording with Cugat in July '42); then a spell in US Army was followed by work with Noro Morales (three tracks Tito made for Seeco with Morales '45 incl.
One of the best-loved leaders on Latin scene, with Tito Puente and Machito one of the kings of the mambo in the '50s.
www.descarga.com /cgi-bin/db/archives/Profile53   (721 words)

  
 CD Baby: TITO DE GRACIA: My Latin Roots
Rafael "Tito" De Gracia was born on April 4, 1962 in Villa Palmeras, Santurce a suburb of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Since 1996 Tito directs his own group originally named "Seven Knights", now called "Naoka Jam" with this group he recently released his debut CD title "My Latin Roots" under his own label, ONC Records.
Tito is currently following the footsteps of music industry veterans Garth Brooks and Ruben Blades.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/titodegracia   (736 words)

  
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It was a modern Tito Rodriguez swinging sound, a sound which makes one believe how great it is to be alive.
Rodriguez and Tito Puente helped the band to get started with music charts from their repertoires.
Two weeks later, the conga drummer, Frankie Figueroa, recorded the Alegre LP El Bravo Soy Yo, and his delivery of the Tito Rodriguez composition Guaguanco Bonito was the track that sold the album.
www.willierosario.com /English/Bio.htm   (2314 words)

  
 Latin Giants of Jazz: a conversation with Johnny Rodriguez, Mario Rivera and Jose Madera Latin Beat Magazine - Find ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Having toured the world over 30 years with the late Tito Puente, many of these luminaries are well known and accepted all over the planet.
Just as the music and repertoire of the late Tito Puente was, the music performed by the Latín Giants of Jazz is exciting and appealing to all audiences regardless of ethnicity nationality or age, and never fails to create a dynamic, danceable atmosphere.
Johnny joined the Tito Puente organization again and was present during Puente's transition into the larger Latin jazz market, both as a musician and as road manager.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FXV/is_7_14/ai_n6237385   (905 words)

  
 Jukebox - Casanova Lounge - San Francisco
Multi-instrumentalist Tito Rodriguez played an important role in New York's thriving Latin dance scene of the 1950s and '60s.
Following his brother to New York in 1939, Rodriguez accepted a position with the Johnny Rodriguez Orchestra.
During the early rock era, Rodriguez played for a while with Leroy Holmes' orchestra and produced albums by El Cuarteto Los Hispanos, Los Montemar, and Teddy Trinidad.
www.casanovasf.com /jukebox3.php?offset=80   (1382 words)

  
 BERKLEE | Press Release
Tito Puente is internationally recognized for his enormous and significant contributions to Latin music as a bandleader, composer, arranger, percussionist, and mentor.
Popularly known as the "King of Mambo", he recorded more than 100 albums, won five Grammy Awards, and was featured in the 1992 movie "Mambo Kings." He was also presented with the National Medal of the Arts in 1997 and honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Pablo "Tito" Rodriguez played an important role in New York's thriving Latin dance scene of the 1950's and 60's and became an internationally renowned vocalist, percussionist, bandleader, composer, and producer.
www.berklee.edu /opi/2004/1025.html   (951 words)

  
 Larry Harlow A salute to Tito Puente   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Every time Tito would break a timbale stick I would run and fight for it with the many young fans and
When I finally spoke to Tito for the first time, he was the kind and
bands in NY and played in the Catskill Mountain Hotels where Tito Puente, Charlie Palmieri, Joe Cuba, Machito and the Lacuona Cuban Boys were all holding court in the summertime.
www.larryharlow.com /salute_to_tito_puente.htm   (402 words)

  
 Casa De La Salsa - Salsa Nightclub - Sydney Australia - Pablo Tito Rodriguez
In 1946 Cuban pianist and composer Curbelo recruited Rodríguez and Tito Puente (on timbales) to his band, which became an "incubator" for the future New York mambo sound.
Recordings made by Curbelo's band during the two years that Rodriguez was with him were later compiled on Los Reyes Del Mambo.
He followed this with a series of soft romantic bolero albums, interspersed with uptempo collections like Tito Tito Tito, on which accompanist Israel "Cachao" Lopez's championing of Latin jam sessions was spotlighted on the opening track "Descarga Cachao".
www.casadelasalsa.com /Music.php?pageId=51   (1052 words)

  
 Something for Cat by Tito Rodriguez: Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Tito Rodriguez : Albums : Latin Twist : Something for Cat : Reviews
Apart from the bulk of his career as a Latin crooner, Tito Rodriguez made a few very fun dance records.
His early mambo orchestra even featured percussion virtuoso Sabu Martinez, who was later to join Art Blakey and launch a legendary "exotica" solo career.
www.mp3.com /tracks/1197747/reviews.html   (144 words)

  
 Law Office Of Tito Rodriguez of WA offers Criminal Experience, Testimonials...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Law Office Of Tito Rodriguez of WA offers Criminal Experience, Testimonials...
A graduate of Stanford Law School, this Seattle criminal defense lawyer has a record of success that inspires confidence and trust.
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