Tito Puente & Jim Payne
Tito Puente: King Of Latin Music Book & DVD Package
DVD
(Hudson Music HL00331438),
Released 2006;
Editor's Pick:
Terrific little book which includes an in-depth DVD interview with Tito Puente. Actually, the book is a highly edited version of the acclaimed Tito Puente's Drumming With The Mambo King, turning it into a more concise handbook about Puente's life and achievements. The book's also a wonderful guide to Cuban musical styles, with a section that defines rumba, son, danzón etc. Has a complete Puente discography too.
Highly Recommended. (BP, 2006-12-07)
Description:
This is the story of the renowned musician known internationally as the King of Latin Music, an instrumental force in the rise of la musica latina and its spread throughout the world. Here are first-person stories that trace Tito's life, starting with the early years, the emergence of the Palladium nightclub as a center of Latin music and his development as an arranger and bandleader. Tito provides humor, history and insights into the music and its masters, and discusses the foundation of Latin jazz and the evolution of Mambo, Rumba and Danzón.
Includes a special Bonus DVD that features never-before-seen footage of Tito discussing his incredible 50-year career as a band leader.
"This book contains a great deal of information about my life, my music and my style of playing, as well as a short history of the music which has been my life's work. My work has denied me. I've spent lonesome holidays away from my family and lost many hours of sunshine. But I do not regret it because an artist must do what he feels...It was something I felt I had to do. If my music has brought joy to one person, then I have been successful." - Tito Puente, 1998
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