Cuban Carnival

by Tito Puente and His Orchestra

Cuban Carnival cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1956
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:24
  • Community rating: 3.77/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Operating at the absolute pinnacle of the 1950s mambo craze, the legendary timbalero directs a massive, ferociously precise orchestra through a wildly explosive set of Latin dance rhythms. The arrangements brilliantly fuse the sophisticated, brass-heavy power of American big band jazz with authentic, heavily layered Afro-Cuban percussion cycles. The dizzyingly complex, fiercely swinging record firmly cemented his uncontested title as the 'King of Latin Music'.

Genres

Descriptors: Rhythmic, Party, Instrumental, percussive, rhythmic, orchestral, dance, Spanish language

Tracklist

  1. Elegua Chango (5:11)
  2. Cual Es La Idea (3:21)
  3. Pa' Los Rumberos (3:22)
  4. Que Sera (3:25)
  5. Oye Mi Guaguanco (3:35)
  6. Yambeque (3:45)
  7. Happy Cha-Cha-Cha (2:34)
  8. Mambo Buda (2:52)
  9. Cha-Cha De Pollos (2:48)
  10. Guaguanc贸 Margarito (3:30)
  11. Cuban Fantasy (1:56)

Credits

  • Tito Puente and His Orchestra - primary artist, written-by
  • Richard Joseph - liner notes
  • Ray Coen - written-by
  • Silvestre Mendez - written-by
  • Ray Bryant - written-by

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