KING OF HEART AND SOUL.(Tito Puente)(Brief Article)

From: Sojourners | Date: September 1, 2000| Author: GALLEGOS, AARON MCCARROLL | Copyright information

The infectious spirit of Tito Puente.

"Salsa isn't music, it's something you put on food!" Tito Puente often said, though he was famous for playing the infectious Latin music of precise rhythms, soaring horns, and emotion-laden vocals that got its name from the spicy condiment.

But in the course of his 60-year career, the late band leader and master timbales drummer had also became one of America's greatest cultural educators, always teaching through his music...

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