Live At the 1977 Monterey Jazz Festival

Performer: Tito Puente
Engineer: Don Geis; Kenneth Jacobs
Producer: Jason Olaine; Nick Phillips; Jason Olane; Nick Phillips
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Tito Puente: Tito Puente (vibraphone, timbales); Frank Figueroa (vocals); Mauricio Smith (flute, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Albert Shikaly (tenor saxophone); Jimmy Frisura (trumpet, valve trombone); Paulo De Paula, Julio Rodriguez (trumpet); Richard Pullin (trombone); Paquito Pastor (piano); Nilo Sierra (bass instrument); Mike Collazo (drums); Jose Madera (congas); Louis Baizo (bongos); Manuel Santios. Personnel: Frankie Figueroa (vocals); Manuel Santos, Paulo De Paula (trumpet); Cal Tjader (vibraphone); Louis Bauzo (bongos). Recording information: Monterey Jazz Festival (09/18/1977). Authors: Tim "T-Bone" Jackson; Jason Olaine. Photographer: Veryl Oakland. Tito Puente was a percussionist, bandleader, and composer whose music and style bridged modern jazz and mambo, Afro-Cuban and 1970's rock, and got lots of generations dancing in the process. Puente also influenced the rock band Santana, as well as many others both in and beyond the Latin sound. 1977 MONTEREY is a previously unreleased concert recording of Puente's big band tearing it up in front of a wildly appreciative audience. Throughout, Puente lights a fire under both the band and the crowd with his crackling timbales and vibraphone. In addition, vibes legend Cal Tjader joins in for one song.

New York City-born percussionist Tito Puente infused his big-band music with the mambo sound he helped to popularize in the US. He started out playing with the likes of Noro Morales and Machito before starting his own band in the late 1940s. Known as "King of the Mambo," Puente styled himself after the great swing-era band leaders, and ruled for years over a dance-oriented world of Latin rhythms spiced with jazz and pop. Through mambo, cha-cha, salsa, and more, Puente's career weathered the ups and downs of musical trends, and the iconic band leader, who passed away in 2000, ranks as a legend of Latin jazz.

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