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Tito Puente was a professional musician at age 13 and studied at the Juilliard School, learning to play the piano, saxophone, vibraphone, and timbales (paired high-pitched drums).
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He was widely considered to be the godfather of Latin jazz and salsa, devoting more than six decades of his life to performing Latin music.
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Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. (April 20, 1923 – June 1, 2000), commonly known as Tito Puente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer of Puerto Rican descent. He is best known for dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz compositions from his 50-year career. His most famous song is "Oye Como Va".
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Soon, Tito added timbales to his drum setup. Eventually the timbales became his main instrument . He brought them out front and played them standing up (now the accepted way of…
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The son of Puerto Rican immigrants, Puente grew up in New York City ’s Spanish Harlem. At age 13 he became a professional musician, and he eventually learned to play a number of instruments, including the piano, saxophone, vibraphone , and timbales (paired high-pitched drums).
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He learned to play a number of instruments as a child, beginning with the piano and then moving to percussion, saxophone, vibraphone and timbales (paired high-pitched drums).
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Tito Puente (born 1923) is widely considered to be the godfather of Latin jazz and salsa, devoting more than six decades of his life to performing Latin music and earning a reputation as a masterful percussionist.
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Along with Mario Bauza, Machito and Dizzy Gillespie, Puente was responsible for the continued popularity of Afro-Cuban originated Latin jazz well into the later 20th century. He was the timbalero…
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Audrey Puente , Tito Puente , Jr., and Richard Puente . What was tito puente 's first instrument ? Tito learn since seven years old to play the piano, and then ameican drums at 10...
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