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He was born in New York City, and he died in New York City. But Tito Puente would live his life as a Puerto Rican who would become one of the greatest Hispanic-American musicians of the 20th century. During the 1940s and 1950s, American music experienced some of its most significant changes. The separate worlds of jazz, swing, and Latin music came together to take on new forms and styles, resulting in a music that created a beat and syncopation that brought countless thousands of frenetic fans to the dance floors and night clubs of the Big Apple. Puente led the way in this transition of the American music scene as a songwriter, arranger, big bandleader, and unrivaled musician. He pounded out rhythms on the timbales with an incredible intensity and soul, a combination that won him the hearts of his admirers, those who were drawn in by the ecstatic lure of his style of Afro-Cuban music. In ""Tito Puente"", read about this energetic six-time Grammy Award winner.

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• Introduction(p. 6)
• 1 Finding His Music(p. 16)
• 2 The Young Musician(p. 29)
• 3 To War and Back Again(p. 39)
• 4 The Palladium(p. 53)
• 5 Puente, the 1950s, and Mambo(p. 66)
• 6 Puente's Time and Place(p. 79)
• 7 The Music Continues(p. 92)
• Chronology(p. 105)
• Notes(p. 108)
• Bibliography(p. 110)
• Further Reading(p. 111)
• Index(p. 113)

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He was born in New York City, and he died in New York City. But Tito Puente lived his life as a Puerto Rican who would be appreciated as one of the greatest Hispanic-American musicians of the 20th century. During the 1940s and 1950s, American music experienced some of its most significant changes. The separate worlds of jazz, swing, and Latin music came together to take on new forms and styles, resulting in a music that created a beat and syncopation that brought countless thousands of frenetic fans to the dance floors and night clubs of the Big Apple. Puente led the way in this transition of the American music scene as a songwriter, arranger, big bandleader, and unrivaled musician. He pounded out rhythms on the timbales with an incredible intensity and soul, a combination that won him the hearts of his admirers, those who were drawn in by the ecstatic lure of his style of Afro-Cuban music. In Tito Puente, read about this energetic six-time Grammy Award winner. Excerpted from Tito Puente by Tim McNeese All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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Tim McNeese is associate professor of history at York College in York, Nebraska. Professor McNeese earned an associate of arts degree from York College, a bachelor of arts in history and political science from Harding University, and a master of arts in history from Missouri State University. A prolific author of books for elementary, middle, and high school, and college readers, McNeese has published more than ninety books and educational materials over the past twenty years, on everything from the founding of Jamestown to Spanish painters. His writing has earned him a citation in the library reference work, Contemporary Authors. In 2006, he appeared on the History Channel program Risk Takers/History Makers: John Wesley Powell and the Grand Canyon.