Tito Puente interview for Charlie-Rose

Tito Puente interview for Charlie-Rose in New York 1985
Interview with Tito Puente in Miami.
Ernesto Antonio "Tito" Puente, Jr. (April 20, 1923 - June 1, 2000) was an American musician, songwriter, record producer and bandleader. The son of Ernest and Felicia Puente, native Puerto Ricans living in New York City's Spanish Harlem, Puente is often credited as "The Musical Pope", "El Rey de los Timbales" (The King of the Timbales) and "The King of Latin Music". He is best known for dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz compositions that endured over a 50-year career.
During the 1950s, Puente was at the height of his popularity, and helped to bring Afro-Cuban and Caribbean sounds like mambo, son, and cha-cha-chá, to mainstream audiences. Puente was so successful playing popular Afro-Cuban rhythms that many people mistakenly identify him as Cuban. Dance Mania, possibly Puente's most well known album, was released in 1958.
Among his most famous compositions are mambo "Oye como va" (1963), popularized by Latin rock musician Carlos Santana and later interpreted, among others, by Julio Iglesias, Irakere and Celia Cruz. In 1969, he received the key to the City of New York from former Mayor John Lindsay. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Congressional Record, and in 1993 he received the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal from the Smithsonian.
Интервью с Тито Пуэнте в Майами.
Эрнесто Антонио "Тито" Пуэнте - младший (20 апреля 1923 - 1 июня 2000) - американский музыкант, автор песен, музыкальный продюсер и руководитель группы. Сын Эрнеста и Фелиции Пуэнте, уроженцев Пуэрто-Рико, живущих в испанском Гарлеме Нью-Йорка, Пуэнте часто называют "Музыкальным Папой", "Эль Рей де лос Тимбалес" (Король Тимбалес) и "Королем латинской музыки". Он наиболее известен своими танцевальными композициями мамбо и латиноамериканского джаза, которые выдержали более 50 лет карьеры.
В 1950-е годы Пуэнте был на пике своей популярности и помог донести афро-кубинские и карибские звуки, такие как мамбо, сон и ча-ча-ча, до основной аудитории. Пуэнте так успешно играл популярные афро-кубинские ритмы, что многие ошибочно считают его кубинцем. Dance Mania, возможно, самый известный альбом Пуэнте, был выпущен в 1958 году.
Среди его самых известных композиций-мамбо "Oye como va" (1963), популяризированная латиноамериканским рок-музыкантом Карлосом Сантаной и позже интерпретированная, в частности, Хулио Иглесиасом, Иракером и Селией Крус. В 1969 году он получил ключ от города Нью-Йорка от бывшего мэра Джона Линдсея. В 1992 году он был включен в Национальный рекорд Конгресса, а в 1993 году получил двухсотлетнюю медаль Джеймса Смитсона от Смитсоновского института.

[@raymondrosario6048]

TO THE TRUE "AMBASSADOR" TO LATIN MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD!!! MAY THE "ANCIENT ONES" PROTECT HIM ALWAYS!!!!

[@Drums-and-Percussion-Grooves]

Let it be so!

[@eduwinmartinez]

Cierto

[@guaguancos.montunodcubop8923]

Thanks so much for sharing

[@Drums-and-Percussion-Grooves]

I'm glad you liked the video. An interview with a great musician.

[@SergioBViera]

Thanks for the upload, gem!

[@Drums-and-Percussion-Grooves]

Thank you for your interest too!

[@greekpapi]

Back in the 70's and 80's, we used to go see this man whenever he threw a concert. He was a great dude. Lets not forget he served in WWII. He was discharged with a Presidential Unit Citation for serving in nine battles on the escort carrier USS Santee. He really was a great American!!

[@Drums-and-Percussion-Grooves]

It's amazing that you could listen to his concerts! He is really a great man and a musician!

[@thesolefritonetwork6291]

FLVR ✊🏽🥑

[@rosahacketts1668]

Latin American rhythms has its roots in the Congo I had learnt recently. I see to Titu had black ancestry - his afro in an clip I saw him in. He really had the rhythms earthed in his soul - beautiful music

[@Drums-and-Percussion-Grooves]

the origins of rhythms from several countries in West Africa.
Yes, the music is very beautiful and cheerful, it mixes several cultures

[@pabloalvez915]

It also came from the Senegambia region.

[@alexanderpapii4866]

Not black history… Some African descent…. Black history is African American bullcrap