Dance Mania (Legacy Edition) [Digipak]

Performer: Tito Puente
Producer: Jerry Rappaport (Reissue)
Distributor: RED Distribution

Dirty Linen (p.58) - "[T]he mambos, cha chas, boleros, and rumbas that made DANCE MANIA such an influential recording when it was first released remain vibrant and irresistible." Billboard (p.36) - "The rhythms were complex but cleanly expressed, the pace furious, the discipline relentless....This is music half a century old that sounds as fresh and unstoppable as the moment it was made."

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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