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TITO PUENTE: THE KING OF LATIN MUSIC

TITO PUENTE: THE KING OF LATIN MUSIC. Made by Heather Shinn. Life of Tito Puente. Ernesto Antonio Puente Jr. April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000 Puerto Rican Native Grew up in East Harlem (‘El Barrio’) NYC. First passion was dancing Joined Machito Orchestra in 1942

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TITO PUENTE: THE KING OF LATIN MUSIC

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  1. TITO PUENTE: THE KING OF LATIN MUSIC Made by Heather Shinn

  2. Life of Tito Puente • Ernesto Antonio Puente Jr. • April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000 • Puerto Rican Native • Grew up in East Harlem (‘El Barrio’) NYC

  3. First passion was dancing • Joined Machito Orchestra in 1942 • Served in the Navy in WWII • Studied composing, orchestration, and piano at Julliard • 1949 formed the Piccadilly Boys

  4. Career Life of Tito Puente • 1950’s brought Afro-Cuban and Caribbean into jazz ex. mambo, son, cha cha • later moved into pop music, bossa nova, and latin jass (salsa) • 1970-71 Carlos Santana repopularized ‘Oye Como Va’ • 1979 Won first of five Grammy Awards for • A Tribute to Benny Moore • other Grammy Awards: On Broadway (1983),Mambo Diablo(1985),Goza Mi Timbal(1990), Mambo Birdland(2000)

  5. ‘Latinized’ Jazz • Led two groups: orchestra and jazz ensemble • Recorded Latin and Latin jazz music with different artists and his own band

  6. Introduced the timbal and the vibraphone • Also played trap drums, conga drums, claves, piano.

  7. 1990's • awarded a ‘star’ on the Hollywood Walk of Fame • Featured in 1992 film “The Mambo Kings’ • National Medal of Arts by Pres. Clinton (1997) • Given keys to cities all around the world • Many many other awards

  8. Along with medals and awards, he also performed on The David Letterman Show, The Cosby Show, and The Simpsons Tito Puente in The Simpsons

  9. Tito Puente died May 31, 2000 at 77 • His son continues his legacy as a percussionist • recorded 120 albums, composed +450 songs, and had over 10,000 live performances • a.k.a: “El Rey” (The King) “Mambo King” “The King of Latin Music”

  10. Works Cited • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Puente • http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/en/tito_puente.html • http://afgen.com/puente.html • http://music.yahoo.com/ar-260599-bio--Tito-Puente

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