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Puente, Tito, 1923-2000

LC control no.n 84143157
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LC classificationML419.P82 Biography
Personal name headingPuente, Tito, 1923-2000
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Variant(s)Puente, Ernest Anthony, 1923-2000
Puente, Ernesto Antonio, 1923-2000
Biography/History noteIndividual was a Grammy awardee.
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1923
Death date2000
Place of birthNew York (N.Y.)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
AffiliationJuilliard School of Music Tito Puente Orchestra Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico
Profession or occupationComposers Arrangers (Musicians) Percussionists Jazz musicians
Found inHis El rey [SR] p1984: label (Tito Puente, arranger bandleader) container (b. 4/20/23 in New York City)
His Mambo macoco [SR] p1992: label (Tito Puente) program notes (b. Ernest Anthony Puente Jr.)
Feather, L.G. Bio. enc. of jazz, 1999 (Puente, Tito (Ernesto Antonio Jr.); b. Apr. 20, 1925, New York City; vibraphone, timbales, percussion, leader)
Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed. (Puente, Tito; b. Ernesto Antonio Puente Jnr., Apr. 20, 1923, New York City, of Puerto Rican parentage)
New York times, June 2, 2000: p. 1 (Tito Puente, 77, d. May 31, New York) p. B11 (b. Ernest Anthony Puente, Apr. 20, 1923, New York)
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed March 13, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Puente, Ernesto Antonio (Tito); Tito Puente; bandleader, composer, arranger, percussionist, jazz musician, multi-instrumentalist; born 1923 in New York, New York, United States; studied music theory, orchestration, and conducting at the Juilliard School of Music in New York (1945); formed Tito Puente Orchestra (1940s); promoted the Mambo craze (1940s), popularized the chachachá sound (1950s) and Salsa (1970s); released over one hundred albums; received Grammy Awards for A Tribute to Benny Moré (1979), On Broadway (1983), Mambo Diablo (1985), and Goza mi timbal (1989); was declared a Living Legend by the U.S. Library of Congress (April 2000); played with Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra in Puerto Rico; died 2000 in New York, New York, United States)