You might say Tito Puente was born to connect cultures. Puente, after all, is the Spanish word for bridge. The New York City native, born to parents from Puerto Rico, found fame the world over as the ...

Ernest Anthony Puente, Jr., Tito Puente is internationally recognized for his enormous and significant contributions to Latin music as a bandleader, composer, arranger, percussionist, and mentor.

The legendary Tito Puente did it all: He was a percussionist, a bandleader, a songwriter, and a producer responsible for some of the most renowned mambo, Latin jazz, and salsa classics in music ...

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Google Doodle is paying homage to "The King of Latin Music" Tito Puente with an animated video on Google's homepage. Created by New York-based Puerto Rican ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tito Double P is currently in the midst of his ¡Ay Mamá! México Tour, traveling across his native country for the first time as a ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peso Pluma (real name Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija) and Tito Double P (real name Jesús Roberto Laija) might have been second ...

During the spring of 1989, the Latin bandleader Tito Puente was the star attraction every Tuesday night at Tradewinds, a nightclub in Jericho on North Broadway just a few blocks south of the Long ...

Photo courtesy of TITO PUENTE JR ENTERTAINMENT INC. After a two-year hiatus due to the global pandemic, Tito Puente Jr. will return to the stage of this year’s BeReggae Diaspora Music & Arts Festival ...