The late Tito Puente would have turned 100 on Thursday (April 20). In honor of his birthday and enduring musical legacy, Billboard Español has put together the ultimate playlist featuring 40 hits by ...

“Tito Puente: Celebrating the History of Latin Music and the Man Who Helped Create It" This free seminar series will highlight the history of Latin Music and Tito Puente based on the book “Mambo ...

A Harlem-born New York original, the percussionist, composer and bandleader helped define Latin jazz and lay the groundwork for 1970s salsa. By Ed Morales Ernest Anthony Puente, known as Tito, was ...

From 1948 until 1966, the Palladium Ballroom, at the corner of 53rd and Broadway, was the city's mecca for Afro-Caribbean dance music. And for a... The percussionist and bandleader Tito Puente would ...

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 ...

The sons of three pioneering Latin music artists are honoring their fathers’ legacy by recreating the magic of Manhattan’s famed Palladium Ballroom. The Big 3 Palladium Orchestra — led by the musician ...

Tito Puente is the latest star to be celebrated by Google Doodle. In honor of U.S. Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs until Saturday, the life and legacy of the American "Nuyorican" musician, and ...

The legendary percussionist was influential in Latin jazz and helped popularize the Cuban dance music of mambo, and Tuesday's Doodle celebrates his long career. Steven Musil is a senior news editor at ...