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Tito Puente
The Essential Tito Puente
2x CD
Mambo
Cha-Cha
Salsa
Guaguancó
Afro-Cuban
Latin Jazz
RCA, Legacy
tracks 1-08 alto saxophone, flute
Peter Fanelli
art direction
Howard Fritzson
tracks 1-09, 1-10, 1-12 backing vocals
Graciela
tracks 1-08 baritone saxophone
Scheppe Pullman
tracks 1-03 to 1-08, 1-11, 1-13, 1-15 to 1-19 bass
Bobby Rodriguez
tracks 1-14 bass
Evaristo Baro
tracks 1-09, 1-10, 1-12 bass
Mandy Vizoso
tracks 1-20 bass
Manuel Paxtot
tracks 1-02 bass
Tony Reyes
tracks 1-01, 1-20 bongos
Chino Pozo
tracks 1-14 bongos
Enrique Martí
tracks 1-14 bongos
Francisco Aguabella
tracks 1-02 , 1-08 bongos
Frankie Colon
tracks 1-16 bongos
Johnny Rodriguez
tracks 1-08 bongos
Jose Mangual
tracks 1-08, 1-15 bongos
Luis "Chicky" Perez
tracks 1-09, 1-10, 1-12 bongos
Manny Oquendo
tracks 1-04, 1-06, 1-17 to 1-19 bongos
Ray Rodriguez
tracks 1-03, 1-05, 1-07, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-16 bongos
William Correa
compilation producer
Jerry Rappaport
tracks 1-01, 1-20 congas
A.D. Jiminez
tracks 1-03, 1-13, 1-16 congas
Candido
tracks 1-03, 1-08, 1-13, 1-16 congas
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
tracks 1-08 congas
Catalino Rolon
tracks 1-09, 1-10, 1-12 congas
Frankie Colon
tracks 1-04, 1-11, 1-14 congas
Julio Collazo
tracks 1-02 congas
Manny Oquendo
tracks 1-03, 1-05, 1-07, 1-11, 1-13, 1-14, 1-16 congas
Mongo Santamaria
tracks 1-04, 1-06, 1-15, 1-17 to 1-19 congas
Ray Barretto
design
Fulya Yagiz
tracks 1-11 drums
Jimmy Cobb
tracks 1-07 drums
Teddy Sommer
tracks 1-08 flute
Alberto Socarras
tracks 1-15 flute
Johnny Pacheco
tracks 1-15 guiro
Santos Colón
tracks 1-11 guitar
Barry Galbraith
tracks 1-07 guitar
Howard Collins
tracks 1-05 guitar
John Smith
leader
Tito Puente
liner notes
Jim Payne
tracks 1-17 marimba
Tito Puente
mastered by
Joseph M. Palmaccio
photography by
Joe Conzo Sr.
tracks 1-02 piano
Al Escobar
tracks 1-03, 1-05, 1-07, 1-11, 1-13, 1-16, 1-18 piano
Alvin Gellers
tracks 1-08, 1-10, 1-12, 1-15 piano
Gil Lopez
tracks 1-01, 1-09, 1-20 piano
Luis Varona
tracks 1-04, 1-06, 1-19 piano
Ray Concepcion
product manager
Nathan Sedlander
tracks 1-03, 1-05, 1-07, 1-11, 1-13, 1-15, 1-16, 1-18 saxophone
Allen Lehrfeld
tracks 1018 saxophone
Davey Schildkraut
tracks 1-03, 1-13, 1-16, 1-18 saxophone
David Kurtzer
tracks 1-16 saxophone
Eddie Caine
tracks 1-09 saxophone
Edward Grimm
tracks 1-07 saxophone
Gene Quill
tracks 1-11 saxophone
Gene Zuizs
tracks 1-03 to 1-06, 1-13, 1-17, 1-19 saxophone
Gerald Sanfino
tracks 1-02 saxophone
H. Berg
tracks 1-02, 1-09 saxophone
Irving Butler
tracks 1-02, 1-09 saxophone
Joe Herde
tracks 1-05, 1-07, 1-11 saxophone
Joseph Grimaldi
tracks 1-03, 1-13 saxophone
José “Pin” Madera
tracks 1-05, 1-07, 1-11, 1-16, 1-18 saxophone
Marty Holmes
tracks 1-15 saxophone
Peter Fanelli
tracks 1-04, 1-06, 1-15, 1-17, 1-19 saxophone
Rafael Palan
tracks 1-04, 1-06, 1-15, 1-17, 1-19 saxophone
Scheppe Pullman
tracks 1-02, 1-09 saxophone
Sol Rabinowitz
tracks 1-04, 1-06, 1-17, 1-19 saxophone
Tony Buonpastore
tracks 1-08 tenor saxophone, flute
Rafael Palan
tracks 1-08 timbales
Ray Barretto
tracks 1-01, 1-02, 1-04 to 1-07, 1-09 to 1-12, 1-14 to 1-16, 1-18 to 1-20 timbales
Tito Puente
tracks 1-03, 1-07, 1-11, 1-13 trombone
Bob Ascher
tracks 1-07, 1-11 trombone
Eddie Bert
tracks 1-07 trombone
Morty Trautman
tracks 1-03, 1-11, 1-13 trombone
Sonny Russo
tracks 1-03, 1-13 trombone
Tak Takvorian
tracks 1-01, 1-15, 1-20 trumpet
Al De Risi
tracks 1-03, 1-13 trumpet
Andrés Merenguito
tracks 1-01, 1-03 to 1-05, 1-13, 1-16, 1-18, 1-20 trumpet
Bernie Glow
tracks 1-07, 1-11 trumpet
Doc Severinsen
tracks 1-07, 1-11 trumpet
Francis Williams
tracks 1-02 to 1-04, 1-06, 1-09, 1-10, 1-12, 1-13, 1-16 to 1-19 trumpet
Frank Lo Pinto
tracks 1-03 to 1-07, 1-09, 1-11, 1-13, 1-15 to 1-19 trumpet
Gene Repetti
tracks 1-04 trumpet
George Lopez
tracks 1-11 trumpet
John Frosk
tracks 1-06, 1-19 trumpet
Larry Moser
tracks 1-17 trumpet
Leon Merian
tracks 1-09 trumpet
Mario Bauzá
tracks 1-07 trumpet
Myron D. Shain
tracks 1-10, 1-12 trumpet
Nick Curbelo
tracks 1-05 trumpet
Nick Travis
tracks 1-15 trumpet
Patrick Iarrusso
tracks 1-16 trumpet
Sam Seavers
tracks 1-01, 1-02, 1-20 trumpet
Tony Derisi
tracks 1-01 to 1-07, 1-09 to 1-13, 1-15 to 1-20 trumpet
Vincent Frisaura
tracks 1-15 trumpet
Wilson Brignoni
tracks 1-03, 1-13 vibraphone
Tito Puente
tracks 1-04, 1-06, 1-19 vocals
Otto Bolivar
tracks 1-04, 1-06, 1-19 vocals
Santos Colón
tracks 1-19 vocals
Tito Puente
tracks 1-01, 1-09, 1-10, 1-12, 1-20 vocals
Vicentico Valdés
tracks 1-19 vocals
Victor Aviles
tracks 1-01, 1-06, 1-20 vocals
Vitin Aviles
tracks 1-01, 1-03 to 1-06, 1-08, 1-10, 1-11, 1-16, 2-01 to 2-03, 2-06, 2-07, 2-09, 2-11 to 2-15, 2-17, 2-20 written-by
Tito Puente
Phonographic Copyright (p) Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Copyright (c) Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Manufactured By Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Distributed By Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Glass Mastered At Sony DADC, Terre Haute
Glass Mastered At Sony DADC, Terre Haute
℗&© 2005 Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Barcode: 8 2876-69243-2 9
Matrix / Runout: DIDX-507115 1 (Disc 1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L329 (Disc 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 50EE (Disc 1)
Matrix / Runout: DIDX-507116 1 (Disc 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L327 (Disc 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 50D8 (Disc 2)