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The Essential Tito Puente
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The Complete 78s, Vol. 1
:Album Description:The classic Tico 78 RPM recordings of Tito Puente and his Orchestra and Quartet (1949-1955) are remastered and carefully assembled by Joe Conzo (a Puente confidant and historian). Nobody had recorded so many singles at that time. Yet many of these recordings have never been available on CD until now. These recordings showcase the true genius of Tito Puente, documenting his transition from conjunto bandleader to big band arranger, composer, conductor and creator of a sound that became popular throughout the world. The songs included in this two-CD/40-track release package ...
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Man on Fire
from: Varese Sarabande
: :Director Tony Scott's tale of an ex-Marine-turned-bodyguard (Denzel Washington) who responds to the kidnapping of his young charge and her family with a violence-drenched cycle of revenge and torture is driven by the filmmaker's typically manic visual sense. English composer Harry Gregson-Williams, whose conjured similar action-oriented synth-symphony fusion scores for The Rundown and Spy Game, deftly expands the dimensions of that bi-polar musical sensibility here, infusing it with gentle ethnic folk touches and the ever-savory sonic contributions of Lisa Gerrard. The composer matches Scott's visually jarring action sequences with a melange ...
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King of Kings: The Very Best of Tito Puente
: :Director Tony Scott's tale of an ex-Marine-turned-bodyguard (Denzel Washington) who responds to the kidnapping of his young charge and her family with a violence-drenched cycle of revenge and torture is driven by the filmmaker's typically manic visual sense. English composer Harry Gregson-Williams, whose conjured similar action-oriented synth-symphony fusion scores for The Rundown and Spy Game, deftly expands the dimensions of that bi-polar musical sensibility here, infusing it with gentle ethnic folk touches and the ever-savory sonic contributions of Lisa Gerrard. The composer matches Scott's visually jarring action sequences with a melange ...
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Dance Mania
: :Director Tony Scott's tale of an ex-Marine-turned-bodyguard (Denzel Washington) who responds to the kidnapping of his young charge and her family with a violence-drenched cycle of revenge and torture is driven by the filmmaker's typically manic visual sense. English composer Harry Gregson-Williams, whose conjured similar action-oriented synth-symphony fusion scores for The Rundown and Spy Game, deftly expands the dimensions of that bi-polar musical sensibility here, infusing it with gentle ethnic folk touches and the ever-savory sonic contributions of Lisa Gerrard. The composer matches Scott's visually jarring action sequences with a melange ...
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The Complete 78s, Vol. 2
:Album Description:This is the second volume of one of the most important musical projects undertaken by the Fania label. The classic Tico 78 RPM recordings of Tito Puente are made available in digital quality and with the informative liner notes of Joe Conzo (a confidant and historian' of the late 'King of Latin Music' Tito Puente.) The 40 tracks are from the early period of Puente's musical career, when he wrote and performed some of his best material. This release makes a good argument for the history of Afro-Cuban based dance ...
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Live at the 1977 Monterey Jazz Festival
:Album Description:This is the second volume of one of the most important musical projects undertaken by the Fania label. The classic Tico 78 RPM recordings of Tito Puente are made available in digital quality and with the informative liner notes of Joe Conzo (a confidant and historian' of the late 'King of Latin Music' Tito Puente.) The 40 tracks are from the early period of Puente's musical career, when he wrote and performed some of his best material. This release makes a good argument for the history of Afro-Cuban based dance ...
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Obra Maestra (Masterpiece)
: :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. Obra Maestra--'Masterpiece'--however, is an equally apt description for this set of a dozen mostly uptempo performances recorded shortly before Puente's death in May of 2000. While engaging in the infectious dance rhythms and perfectly calibrated, often blaring, ensemble horn statements you'd expect, the group also revels in the many shades of subtlety ...
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Dance Mania, Vol. 2
: :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. Obra Maestra--'Masterpiece'--however, is an equally apt description for this set of a dozen mostly uptempo performances recorded shortly before Puente's death in May of 2000. While engaging in the infectious dance rhythms and perfectly calibrated, often blaring, ensemble horn statements you'd expect, the group also revels in the many shades of subtlety ...
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Top Percussion
: :In the history of recorded music, there are a few albums that define a genre. Among them are Glenn Gould's 1955 recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations and Miles Davis's hypnotic Kind of Blue. In that select realm, timbalero Tito Puente's 1957 Top Percussion is the most influential Latin jazz recording of all time. Simply put, this date is a once-in-a-lifetime summit meeting of Cuban and Puerto Rican master percussionists of Afro-Cuban music: Mongo Santamaria, Franciso Aguabella, Willie Bobo, and Julito Collazo. Together, these masters explore the endless folkloric inventions and dimensions ...
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