Tito Puente
Sign in to saveAmerican musician (1923-2000)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1923
- Died
- 2000-06-01
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Tito Puente's drumming with the Mambo King
- Lovers and keepers
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · New York City, New York, USA
Known for
- Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York — Self (archive footage)2021
- From Mambo to Hip Hop2007
- Calle 54 — Himself2000
- Celia Cruz & Friends: A Night of Salsa1999
- From Son to Salsa1997
- New York Undercover1994
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Musical Guest1993
- The Mambo Kings — Himself1992
- Slim Gaillard's Civilisation — Self1989
- The Simpsons — Tito Puente (voice)1989
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 366,424
- Total plays
- 2,763,750
Tags
salsalatinlatin jazzjazzmambo
Tito Puente (1923-2000) was a bandleader, percussionist, composer, and arranger from New York City. Born Ernesto Antonio Puente, Jr., on April 20, 1923, in el barrio Spanish harlem, New York, Puente was a musical pioneer for mixing musical styles with Latin sounds and for his experiments in fusing Latin music with jazz. The son of Puerto Rican immigrants, Puente grew up in New York City's Spanish Harlem and took piano lessons as a child and then studied percussion. <a href="https://www.last.fm
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. , ( 1923-04-20 ) April 20, 1923, New York City, U.S.
- Died
- May 31, 2000 (2000-05-31) (aged 77), New York City, U.S.
- Genres
- Latin jazz Cuban jazz mambo
- Occupations
- Musician songwriter record producer
- Instruments
- Timbales drums percussion vibraphone
- Years active
- 1946–2000
- Labels
- Tico Fania Sony Discos RMM Concord Picante
- Children
- 3, including Audrey Puente
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 20 April 1923
- Died
- 1 June 2000
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Genre
- salsa
Article
Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. (April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000), commonly known as Tito Puente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, timbalero, vibraphonist and record producer. He composed dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz music. He was also known as “El Rey de los Timbales,” or “The King of the Timbales.”
Puente and his music have appeared in films including The Mambo Kings and Fernando Trueba's Calle 54. He guest-starred on television shows, including Sesame Street and The Simpsons episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns?".
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