Puente, Tito - The Big World of Tito Puente (Mega Blowout Sale)
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23-Acmem 94CD
There's a local Pacifica station in DC and they have 6 hours of classic salsa, mambo and Latin music/Latin jazz every Sunday night which I stumbled across by accident and which I listen to pretty religiously now. Lots of great, great stuff which opened my ears further and which led me to buy a bunch of CDs to try and give myself a small collection of 'the good stuff'. This CD is part of that sound and is huge fun as well as hugely musical. If you feel like spending $4.00 on a record that is totally great and fun and a peek into a different world than most of what we feature here, this is a great bet.
"This compilation concentrates on the glory years of the most important percussionist of all time; the hippest and most happening Latin dance music, from the peak of the mambo scene. This is a high-class album with Puente in the form that established his incredible reputation. It is full of tracks culled from sources."