Complete 78's, Vol. 3 [PA]

Performer: Tito Puente
Artist: Gilberto Monroig
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: The third volume of Tito Puente's COMPLETE 78s series continues to chronicle history in the making. The Mambo King's uptown sound percolates at its most fervid here, and the sound quality is, on most tracks, a great improvement over the second volume. The '50s were a fiery period for mambo, and Puente was at the epicenter of it all, as heard here. Several cuts on this two-disc set feature celebrated vocalist Gilberto Monroig, including "Malcriada," which became one of Puente's signature songs of the period.

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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