Celebrate Tito Puente’s Centennial With These 15 Essential Albums
As he put it in his signature 1962 hit, Oye como va: Listen how it goes! Puente was accompanied by a team of percussion virtuosos: Mongo Santamaria, Willie Bobo and Patato Valdes. With its impeccable arrangements and crystal-clear aesthetic, it still sounds fresh and innovative decades later. Just listen to Call of the Jungle Birds, with its sinuous melody and sharp percussion. A masterpiece that well deserves to be acclaimed, again....