King of Kings: The Very Best of Tito Puente

King of Kings: The Very Best of Tito Puente Artist: Tito Puente
Label: RCA
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 744659900129
EAN: 0744659900129
ASIN: B00006EXC9


Release Date: 2002-08-20

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  4. "Music Noir"

Tracks:

  1. Dance Mania (Mambo)
  2. Oye Me Guaguanco (Listen To The Guaguanco)
  3. El Cayuco (Son Montuno)
  4. Caonao
  5. Ti Mon Bo
  6. Dance Of The Headhunters
  7. Hong Kong Mambo
  8. Cuando Te Vea (Guaguanco)
  9. Baile Como Es (Mambo)
  10. Saca Tu Mujer (Guaguanco)
  11. Cuancona (Guaguanco)
  12. Mambo Gozon
  13. Mi Chiquita Quiere Bembe (Cha Cha Bembe)
  14. Elequana
  15. A Gozar Timbero
  16. Cual Es La Idea (What's The Idea)
  17. 3D Mambo (Mambo)
  18. Son De La Loma
  19. Llego Mijan (San Montuno)
  20. Yambeque (Mambo Yambu)
  21. Night Ritual

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars great compilation.......2006-11-07

this CD is a compilation of Tito Puente's music, mostly recorded in the 50's and early 60's. Every selection is a winner, and if you are just getting started listening to Tito Puente's music, this is a good jumping off point. However, please note: this is not a CD of strictly "mambo" or "salsa" music, there are other selections here that do not fit that category, although all of the tunes are Latin in flavor.

5 out of 5 stars Should be better known.......2006-06-16

I had the pleasure of attending a Tito Puente concert a few years before his death. The man loved what he was doing and his concert was full of joyous, dancable music. Salsa is more popular now than when Puente started his career so you would think that more people would be interested in his music. This is the type of cd to listen in the background or to just dance non stop. Too bad more people will not have the joy of listening to his live concerts.

5 out of 5 stars A great first Tito Puente album.......2004-04-10

Get a great introduction to the early work of Tito Puente, El Rey, the King. Tito Puente, salsa extraordinaire and father of afro-jazz, was an incredible talent who will be long remembered. This CD is the perfect collection to get started with Puente's vast library.

Smooth latin grooves are guaranteed on every track. Scary tribal rhythms shine through on Dance of the Headhunters. As one of my friends said, if you don't bob your head to Ti Mon Bo, you probably don't have a pulse. Night Ritual, Hong Kong Mambo, and El Cayuco would rank as some of my favorites if I had to choose, but thankfully I don't.

Informative liner notes give a good history lesson about Tito's roots, how he begun, and how he lasted and played amazing music even into his older years. Puente will certainly be remembered for one of the longest lasting, highest quality musicians the world has ever seen.

A great stepping stone for other Puente albums, this will give a brief introduction to many of the styles Puente cultivated over the years. I suggest Mambo Birdland: Dancemania, a live album from the late 1990s, as a wonderful chance to hear Puente and his full orchestra in rare form, playing a live show in the Palladium, decades after his playing originally sparkled there.

A high quality album all around, a great beginning to more Puente albums. Highly recommended to any newcomers to salsa who have interest. As the liner notes proclaim, El Rey esta meurte: long live the King!

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  2. People Time ~ Stan Getz with Kenny Barron
  3. Blues for Two ~ Zoot Sims with Joe Pass
  4. Handful of Keys ~ Fats Waller
  5. Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord ~ Wynton Marsalis
  6. Inventions & Dimensions ~ Herbie Hancock
  7. You Have Reached Mike Phillips ~ Mike Phillips
  8. El Sonido Nuevo: The New Soul Sound ~ Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri
  9. Les Paul & Mary Ford - All-Time Greatest Hits ~ Les Paul & Mary Ford
  10. Land of Giants ~ McCoy Tyner, Bobby Hutcherson

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Death Certificate ~ Ice Cube

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