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    The Essential Tito Puente

    Tito Puente - The Essential Tito Puente

    08/16/2005 | Rca 

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    All Music Guide Review

    An essential collection for most artists would consist of 12 or perhaps even 20 songs. For the man described as "El Rey," however, a man who recorded over 100 LPs during a career that touched seven decades, the parameters need to be widened significantly. And so comes this two-disc, 40-track collection from RCA/Legacy, focusing on Puente's prime of the mid-'50s but dipping into 1949 material to survey the beginning of his career and also selecting a lone track from the '60s -- "Oye Como Va," his most familiar performance (thanks, in part, to Santana's hit cover). Aside from the breathtaking pair of Complete RCA Recordings boxes, The Essential Tito Puente is the best place to acquire a raft of Puente's best and most famous recordings -- "Ran Kan Kan," "Picadillo," "Cao Cao Mani Picao," "Pa' los Rumberos," "Hong Kong Mambo" (actually an alternate take), "Dance Mania," and "Ti Mon Bo." ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

    The Essential Tito Puente Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Ran Kan Kan
  • 2:59
  • Sound Clip for Ran Kan Kan from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 2
  • Swinging the Mambo
  • 3:15
  • Sound Clip for Swinging the Mambo from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 3
  • Four Beat Cha Cha, Pt. 1
  • 2:29
  • Sound Clip for Four Beat Cha Cha, Pt. 1 from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 4
  • Cuando Te Vea
  • 4:16
  • Sound Clip for Cuando Te Vea from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 5
  • Tito Guajira
  • 2:39
  • Sound Clip for Tito Guajira from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 6
  • Mambo Gozón
  • 2:47
  • Sound Clip for Mambo Gozón from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 7
  • Night Hawk
  • 2:32
  • Sound Clip for Night Hawk from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 8
  • Witch Doctor's Nightmare
  • 2:38
  • Sound Clip for Witch Doctor's Nightmare from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 9
  • Abaniquito
  • 2:49
  • Sound Clip for Abaniquito from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 10
  • Picadillo
  • 2:44
  • Sound Clip for Picadillo from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 11
  • Mambo Beat
  • 4:11
  • Sound Clip for Mambo Beat from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 12
  • Cao Cao Mani Picao
  • 3:01
  • Sound Clip for Cao Cao Mani Picao from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 13
  • Birdland After Dark
  • 4:38
  • Sound Clip for Birdland After Dark from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 14
  • Obatalá Yeza
  • 3:22
  • Sound Clip for Obatalá Yeza from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 15
  • Chanchullo
  • 2:32
  • Sound Clip for Chanchullo from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 16
  • Pa' los Rumberos
  • 3:24
  • Sound Clip for Pa' los Rumberos from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 17
  • Hong Kong Mambo (Alternate Take)
  • 3:49
  • Sound Clip for Hong Kong Mambo (Alternate Take) from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 18
  • What Is This Thing Called Love?
  • 3:24
  • Sound Clip for What Is This Thing Called Love? from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 19
  • Complicación
  • 3:22
  • Sound Clip for Complicación from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 20
  • Tito Timbero
  • 3:01
  • Sound Clip for Tito Timbero from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 21 (2)
  • Oye Como Va
  • 4:31
  • Sound Clip for Oye Como Va from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 22 (2)
  • Cuál Es la Idea
  • 3:21
  • Sound Clip for Cuál Es la Idea from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 23 (2)
  • El Cayuco
  • 2:37
  • Sound Clip for El Cayuco from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 24 (2)
  • Son de la Loma
  • 2:07
  • Sound Clip for Son de la Loma from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 25 (2)
  • 3-D Mambo
  • 2:25
  • Sound Clip for 3-D Mambo from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 26 (2)
  • Cuban Nightmare
  • 3:04
  • Sound Clip for Cuban Nightmare from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 27 (2)
  • Oye Mi Guaguancó (Listen to the Guaguancó)
  • 3:35
  • Sound Clip for Oye Mi Guaguancó (Listen to the Guaguancó) from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 28 (2)
  • Take the "A" Train
  • 2:07
  • Sound Clip for Take the "A" Train from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 29 (2)
  • Elegua Chango
  • 5:14
  • Sound Clip for Elegua Chango from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 30 (2)
  • Si Te Contara
  • 2:52
  • Sound Clip for Si Te Contara from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 31 (2)
  • Cha-Con-Cha
  • 3:04
  • Sound Clip for Cha-Con-Cha from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 32 (2)
  • Dance Mania
  • 3:14
  • Sound Clip for Dance Mania from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 33 (2)
  • Sácala
  • 2:23
  • Sound Clip for Sácala from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 34 (2)
  • Ti Mon Bo
  • 6:33
  • Sound Clip for Ti Mon Bo from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 35 (2)
  • Yambeque
  • 3:46
  • Sound Clip for Yambeque from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 36 (2)
  • Lotus Land
  • 4:54
  • Sound Clip for Lotus Land from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 37 (2)
  • Malibu Beat
  • 2:30
  • Sound Clip for Malibu Beat from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 38 (2)
  • Al Gozar Timbero
  • 3:05
  • Sound Clip for Al Gozar Timbero from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 39 (2)
  • Havana After Dark
  • 2:52
  • Sound Clip for Havana After Dark from The Essential Tito Puente


  • 40 (2)
  • Mambo Buda
  • 2:51
  • Sound Clip for Mambo Buda from The Essential Tito Puente


    • Credits of The Essential Tito Puente

    • Tito Puente
    • Leader, Marimba, Timbales, Vocals, Vibraphone

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