Tito Puente

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON CD !!

2 LPs ON 1 CD

This release contains two albums by the great Tito Puente, Pachanga con Puente (Tico SLP1083) and Vaya Puente (Tico SLP1085), both of which appear here on CD for the first time ever. The song “Sambaroco”, from the second album, was composed and arranged for the band by legendary Brazilian pianist João Donato, who plays on that track, but on trombone as opposed to the piano!

PERSONNEL:

TITO PUENTE & HIS ORCHESTRA:

TITO PUENTE ( timbales & leader)
GIL LÓPEZ (piano)
BOBBY RODRIGUEZ (bass)
JOSÉ "BUYU" MENGUAL, Sr (bongos)
JUAN "PAPI" CADAVIECO (congas).
BARRY ROGERS (trombone on 13 & 23)
JOAO DONATO (trombone on 21)
JOHNNY PACHECO (flaute)
JIMMY FRISAURA, PEDRO "PUCHI" BOULONG, PAT RUSSO (trumpet)
SHEP PULLMAN (baritone sax)
JESUS CAUNEDO, AL ABREU (tenor sax)
PETE FANELLI (alto sax)
SANTOS COLON, RUDY CALZADO (lead vocal & chorus)
GABRIEL "YAYO EL INDIO" VEGA, RAFAEL "CHIRIVICO" DÁVILA, TITO PUENTE (chorus)

INCLUDES 12 PAGE BOOKLET

[1-12]: Pachanga con Puente.
Hotel Riverside Plaza Ballroom, New York, 1961.

01. A Bailar Pachanga
02. Un Telegrama
03. Piano Pachanga
04. Ven Nenita
05. Pachanga Beat
06. El Chivo
07. Pachanga Sí, Charanga No
08. El Pañuelo
09. La Charanga
10. Pachanga Mood
11. Caramelos
12. El Güiro de Macorina

[13-24]: Vaya Puente.
Hotel Riverside Plaza Ballroom, New York, 1962.

13. Vaya Puente
14. Yo Tengo Un Pollo
15. Cuidate
16. Solange
17. Yimbaraco
18. Timbalero
19. Agua-Nile
20. Azukiki
21. Sambaroco
22. Maina
23. Chino
24: Mambo Gil

TOTAL TIME: 65:33