Tito Puente - Oye Como Va: The Dance Collection

Released 1997

Concord Picante
ASIN B000003OZA

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(clips available)


1. Mambo King (3:10)
2. Mambo Gallego (5:06)
3. Chang (4:22)
4. Mambo Diablo (4:09)
5. Ode to Cachao (6:33)
6. Maria Cervantes (5:04)
7. Machito Forever (5:59)
8. Picadillo A Lo Puente (3:50)
9. Tito's Colada (3:39)
10. Delirio (5:15)
11. Oye Como Va (5:42)
12. Ran Kan Kan (5:09)
13. El Rey Del Timbal (3:07)

All songs composed and arranged by Tito Puente except Maria Cervantes (comp. Noro Morales) and Delirio (comp. Cesar Portillo de la Luz) and Ode to Cachao (comp. T. Puente; arr. Jose Madera). This is a compilation of songs from eight Concord Picante Records released between 1982 and 1996. Final four tracks are from a live recording. Three Salsa/Mambo (Mambo Diablo, Picadillo A Lo Puente, Ran Kan Kan) and two Cha Cha (Ode to Cachao, Oye Como Va) made salsanewyork.com honor roll.

Concord Picante is the third record label Tito Puente had long relationship with. The first two are Tico (from 1949 to 1955, 1961 to 1981) and RCA Victor (1955-1960). The Concord Picante recordings tend to lean towards Jazz and have outstanding sound quality. I list original Tito Puente albums by Concord Picante in reverse chronological order below. Some of the albums have since been repackaged as double-albums with new titles (e.g. Hot Timbales, Puente Caliente, Party At Puente's Place).

Tito Puente - Concord Picante albums
2002 Live At The Playboy Jazz Festival (1994 recording)
1996 Special Delivery
1994 Master Timbalero
1993 Royal T
1992 Mambo Of The Times [Hot Timbales]
1991 Out of This World [Hot Timbales]
1990 Goza Mi Timbal
1988 Salsa Meets Jazz
1987 Sensacion [Puente Caliente]
1987 Un Poco Loco [Puente Caliente]
1985 Mambo Diablo [Party At Puente's Place]
1984 El Rey
1982 On Broadway [Party At Puente's Place]