LC control no. | n 84143157 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | ML419.P82 Biography |
Personal name heading | Puente, Tito, 1923-2000 |
Variant(s) | Puente, Ernest Anthony, 1923-2000 Puente, Ernesto Antonio, 1923-2000 |
Biography/History note | Individual was a Grammy awardee. |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 1923 |
Death date | 2000 |
Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
Affiliation | Juilliard School of Music Tito Puente Orchestra Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico |
Profession or occupation | Composers Arrangers (Musicians) Percussionists Jazz musicians |
Found in | His 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) |