Mambo king Tito Puente will be the focus point of a three-day conference at the Bronx’s Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture. According to Billboard, “Tito Puente: A 50-Year Retrospective of El Rey” ...

Many music fans enjoy a time-machine fantasy where they are transported back to a famous dance club of the past. For some, it's Studio 54 or the Fillmore, but for me, the first choice would be New ...

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In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Google Doodle is paying homage to "The King of Latin Music" Tito Puente with an animated video on Google's homepage. Created by New York-based Puerto Rican ...

“Tito Puente was not home a lot,” he recalls. “He did about 300 shows a year.” Puente Jr. didn’t realize just how big a deal his father was in Latin culture, though, until the day the legendary Latin ...

The Mambo Kings keep with the Afro-Cuban big band tradition by paying tribute to the pioneers of Latin Jazz. This night they feature special guests — world-class trumpet soloist Luis Gasca and ...

As Brown explains, Tito Puente (1923–2000) made music his entire life, from banging “spoons and forks on pots and pans, windowsills and cans,” to learning the saxophone while serving in the Navy ...