Tito Puente

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bandleader composer human musician percussionist

Tito Puente was an influential American bandleader, percussionist, and composer, celebrated as the “King of Latin Jazz” for popularizing Afro-Cuban and Caribbean music in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
percussionist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2000 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award ⓘ
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award NERFINISHED ⓘ
National Medal of Arts ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart disease ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1923-04-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2000-05-31 ⓘ
educatedAt Juilliard School ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Puerto Rican ⓘ
familyName Puente NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfStudy composition ⓘ
music theory ⓘ
orchestration ⓘ
fullName Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre Afro-Cuban jazz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Latin jazz ⓘ
cha-cha-cha ⓘ
mambo ⓘ
salsa ⓘ
givenName Ernest NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Carlos Santana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eddie Palmieri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Latin jazz musicians ⓘ
Willie Colón NERFINISHED ⓘ
instrument drums ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
timbales ⓘ
vibraphone ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
militaryService United States Navy ⓘ
nickname El Rey del Timbal NERFINISHED ⓘ
King of Latin Jazz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tito NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor popularizing Afro-Cuban music in the United States ⓘ
popularizing Caribbean music in the United States ⓘ
notableWork Dance Mania NERFINISHED ⓘ
El Rey Bravo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oye Como Va NERFINISHED ⓘ
Para los Rumberos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ran Kan Kan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Top Percussion NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation arranger ⓘ
bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
percussionist ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
Spanish Harlem NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ

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Ed Calle → associatedAct → Tito Puente ⓘ
Oye Como Va → associatedWithArtist → Tito Puente ⓘ
Oye Como Va → composer → Tito Puente ⓘ
Caravan → coveredBy → Tito Puente ⓘ
Federico Britos → hasCollaboratedWith → Tito Puente ⓘ
Abraxas (album) → includesCompositionBy → Tito Puente ⓘ
subject surface form: Abraxas
Oye Como Va → lyricist → Tito Puente ⓘ
Oye Como Va → originalArtist → Tito Puente ⓘ