Exotica sounds from Tito Puente - Tiki Music

DZ Dr. Zarkov Member Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 644	DZ Dr. Zarkov Posted posted on Mon, Dec 31, 2012 6:02 AM I love Tito Puente -- who can forget the scene in Stripes? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbVaisNPgh4) Like many other Latin musicians of that time period, he did everything, from jazz to pop to exotica, and did them all well. Also recommended are his two albums Dance Mania 1 & 2, which you can now get on one two-CD set: http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Mania-Tito-Puente/dp/B0021R51OK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1356961635&sr=8-3&keywords=dance+mania+tito+puente I use a lot of the old, Latin dance music on my radio show, Dr. Zarkov's Tiki Lounge, especially from the mid-Century Palladium era when the dance beats were slow enough to actually dance the mambo and cha cha cha to. If you like that kind of music, you also should check out a program broadcast every Sunday at 6 pm EST on WPFW in Washington, DC, called Latin Flavor Mambo Edition, hosted by an old friend of mine, Jim Byers: http://www.wpfwfm.org/ You can see his playlists here: http://www.wpfwfm.org/programming/playlists.html Archived shows are also available to listen to here: http://www.wpfwfm.org/programming/archived-shows.html Jim has been broadcasting this show for more than 15 years now. Don't tell him, but I have stolen a lot of ideas from Jim and learned a tremendous amount about the musicians of that period from listening to his show over the years. I even say at some point in my show that it is "broadcast in full Tikiphonic sound" which is a rip-off of his description of his show being broadcast in "Mambophonic high fidelity."

I love Tito Puente -- who can forget the scene in Stripes? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbVaisNPgh4)

Like many other Latin musicians of that time period, he did everything, from jazz to pop to exotica, and did them all well. Also recommended are his two albums Dance Mania 1 & 2, which you can now get on one two-CD set: http://www.amazon.com/Dance-Mania-Tito-Puente/dp/B0021R51OK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1356961635&sr=8-3&keywords=dance+mania+tito+puente

I use a lot of the old, Latin dance music on my radio show, Dr. Zarkov's Tiki Lounge, especially from the mid-Century Palladium era when the dance beats were slow enough to actually dance the mambo and cha cha cha to. If you like that kind of music, you also should check out a program broadcast every Sunday at 6 pm EST on WPFW in Washington, DC, called Latin Flavor Mambo Edition, hosted by an old friend of mine, Jim Byers: http://www.wpfwfm.org/ You can see his playlists here: http://www.wpfwfm.org/programming/playlists.html Archived shows are also available to listen to here:
http://www.wpfwfm.org/programming/archived-shows.html

Jim has been broadcasting this show for more than 15 years now. Don't tell him, but I have stolen a lot of ideas from Jim and learned a tremendous amount about the musicians of that period from listening to his show over the years. I even say at some point in my show that it is "broadcast in full Tikiphonic sound" which is a rip-off of his description of his show being broadcast in "Mambophonic high fidelity."

Post #662725 by Dr. Zarkov on Mon, Dec 31, 2012 6:02 AM