Tito Puente The Essential Tito Puente
2x CD
Mambo
Cha-Cha
Salsa
Guaguancó
Afro-Cuban
Latin Jazz

Main image
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)