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Celebrating Tito Puente's 🎊! He was a musical pioneer who mixed musical styles with Latin sounds and experimented in fusing Latin music with jazz. He was donned the "King of The Timbales," and #ElRey and was a pivotal force, and largely responsible for popularizing Latin dance music in America, including cha-cha, mambo, meringue, bossa nova and salsa. After an apprenticeship in the historic #Machito Orchestra, Puente was drafted into the U.S. Navy and served during World War II. He used the mon

I am the first Hispanic bandleader to perform inside the Senate buliding, history was made today and the music of Tito Puente was heard and embedded into these walls. Thank you to the Recording Academy, ISM,Senators and thier colleagues for this honor! #mambofied #HispanicHeritage #HispanicHeritageMonth #titopuente #titopuentejr | Tito Puente Jr.