ʻO Tito Puente he kanaka akamai i ka Latin jazz percussionist, vibraphonist, cymbalist, saxophonist, pianist, conga a me bongo. Ua manaʻo ʻia ka mea hoʻokani mele ʻo ke akua o Latin jazz a me salsa. Ua hoʻolaʻa ʻo ia ma mua o ʻeono mau makahiki o kona ola i ka hoʻokani mele Latin. A i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi kaulana ma ke ʻano he loea percussionist, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Puente ʻaʻole ma ʻAmelika wale nō, akā ma waho o kona mau palena. ʻIke ʻia ka mea pena kiʻi no kona hiki ke hoʻohui i nā mele ʻAmelika Latin me ka jazz hou a me nā mele hui nui. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Tito Puente ma luna o 100 album i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma waena o 1949 a me 1994.
Tito Puente: Ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Puente ma New York's Spanish Harlem i ka makahiki 1923. Ma kahi i kōkua ai kahi mele o Afro-Cuban a me Afro-Puerto Rican i ka hana ʻana i nā mele salsa (ʻo ka salsa ka Spanish no "spice" a me "sauce"). I ka manawa he ʻumi makahiki o Puente. Ua pāʻani ʻo ia me nā hui ʻAmelika Latin ma nā ʻaha kūkā kūloko, nā hanana kaiāulu, a me nā hōkele o New York. Ua hula maikaʻi ke kāne a ua ʻike ʻia e ka maʻalahi a me ka palaki o ke kino. Ua hoʻokani mua ʻo Puente me kahi hui kūloko i kapa ʻia ʻo "Los Happy Boys" ma New York's Park Place Hotel. A i ka makahiki 13, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia he keiki prodigy ma ke kahua mele. I kona wā ʻōpio, ua hui ʻo ia me Noro Morales a me ka Machito Orchestra. Akā, pono ʻo ia e hoʻomaha i kāna hana, ʻoiai ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka mea hoʻokani pila i ka moana. I ka makahiki 1942 i ka makahiki 19.
ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke ala hana o Tito Puente
I ka hopena o nā makahiki 1930, ua manaʻo mua ʻo Puente e lilo i mea hula ʻoihana, akā ma hope o kahi ʻeha kuʻekuʻe wāwae koʻikoʻi i hoʻopau i kāna ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he hula, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Puente e hoʻomau i ka hoʻokani a me ka haku mele, ʻo ia kāna hana maikaʻi loa.
Ua aloha ʻo Puente i ke alakaʻi hui ʻo Charlie Spivak i ka wā e lawelawe ana i ka Navy, a ma o Spivak i lilo ai ʻo ia i hoihoi i ka haku mele nui. I ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka mea pena kiʻi mai ka Navy ma hope o nā kaua ʻeiwa, ua loaʻa iā ia ka Pelekikena Pelekikena a ua hoʻopau i kāna hoʻonaʻauao mele ma ke kula ʻo Juilliard School of Music, e aʻo ana i ke alakaʻi ʻana, orchestration a me ka manaʻo mele ma lalo o nā kumu aʻo kaulana loa. Ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kāna mau haʻawina i ka makahiki 1947 i ka makahiki 24.
Ma Juilliard a no hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kāna mau haʻawina, ua pāʻani ʻo Puente me Fernando Alvarez a me kāna hui Copacabana, a me José Curbelo a me Pupi Campo. I ka makahiki 1948, i ka makahiki 25 o ka mea pena, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hana i kāna hui ponoʻī. A i ʻole he conjunto i kapa ʻia ʻo Piccadilly Boys, i kapa koke ʻia ʻo Tito Puente orchestra. I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kāna pā mua "Abaniquito" me Tico Records. Ma hope mai i ka makahiki 1949, ua pūlima ʻo ia me RCA Victor Records a hoʻopaʻa i ka "Ran Kan-Kan" hoʻokahi.
Mamba Madness King 1950s
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Puente e hoʻokuʻu i nā hits i ka makahiki 1950, i ka wā i piʻi ai ka ʻano mamba. A hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā mele hula kaulana e like me "Barbarabatiri", "El Rey del Timbay", "Mamba la Roca" a me "Mamba Gallego". Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo RCA i ka "Cuban Carnival", "Puente Goes Jazz", "Dance Mania" a me "Top Percussion". ʻEhā mele kaulana loa a Puente ma waena o 1956 a me 1960.
I ka makahiki 1960, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Puente e hui pū me nā mea mele ʻē aʻe mai New York. Ua pāʻani ʻo ia me ka trombonist Buddy Morrow, Woody Herman a me nā mea mele Cuban ʻo Celia Cruz a me La Lupe. Ua maʻalahi ʻo ia a wehe i ka hoʻokolohua, hana pū me nā mea ʻē aʻe a hui pū i nā ʻano mele like ʻole e like me mamba, jazz, salsa. Ua hōʻike ʻo Puente i ka neʻe hoʻololi o Latin-jazz i ke mele o ia manawa. I ka makahiki 1963, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Puente i ka "Oye Como Va" ma Tico Records, he kūleʻa maikaʻi loa ia a ua manaʻo ʻia he mea maʻamau i kēia lā.
ʻEhā makahiki ma hope mai, i ka makahiki 1967, hana ʻo Puente i kahi papahana o kāna mau haku mele ma ka Metropolitan Opera ma Lincoln Center.
ʻIke honua ʻo Tito Puente
Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Puente i kāna hōʻike kīwī ponoʻī i kapa ʻia ʻo The World of Tito Puente i hoʻolaha ʻia ma ke kīwī ʻAmelika Latin ma 1968. A ua noi ʻia ʻo ia e lilo i Grand Marshal o New York ma ka parade lā Puerto Rico. I ka makahiki 1969, ua hāʻawi aku ʻo Mekia John Lindsey iā Puente me ke kī i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo New York ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona koʻikoʻi. Loaʻa ka mahalo honua.
ʻAʻole i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ke mele a Puente ma ke ʻano he salsa a hiki i ka makahiki 1970, no ka mea, aia nā mea o ka hui nui a me ka haku mele jazz. I ka wā i uhi ai ʻo Carlos Santana i kahi mea kaulana i nā makahiki 1970 mua. ʻO Puente "Oye Como Va", ke mele a Puente i hui me ka hanauna hou. Ua hoʻokani ʻo Santana i ka "Para Los Rumberos" a Puente, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e Puente ma 1956. Ua hui ʻo Puente lāua ʻo Santana i ka makahiki 1977 ma ka Roseland Ballroom ma New York.
I ka makahiki 1979, ua mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Puente i Iapana me kāna hui a ʻike i kahi anaina hou hoihoi. E like me ka mea i loaʻa iā ia ka kaulana o ka honua. Ma hope o kona hoʻi ʻana mai Iapana mai, ua hoʻokani ka mea hoʻokani pila me kāna orkestra no ka Pelekikena ʻAmelika ʻo Jimmy Carter. Ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana a ka pelekikena i ka mahina hoʻoilina Hispanic. Ua loaʻa iā Puente ka makana mua o ʻehā Grammy Awards ma 1979 no "Tribute to Benny More". Ua lanakila ʻo ia i kahi makana Grammy no On Broadway. Ma 1983, "Mambo Diablo" i 1985 a me Goza Mi Timbal i 1989. I loko o kāna ʻoihana lōʻihi, ua loaʻa iā Puente ʻewalu mau koho Grammy Award, ʻoi aku ma mua o nā mea mele ʻē aʻe. Ma ke kahua o nā mele Latin American a hiki i 1994.
XNUMXth puka album
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Puente i kāna mau mele nui hope loa ma 1980 a me 1981. Ua huakaʻi ʻo ia i nā kūlanakauhale ʻEulopa me ka Latin Percussion Jazz Ensemble a hoʻopaʻa pū i nā hana kaulana hou me lākou. Ua hoʻomau ʻo Puente i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana iā ia iho i ka haku mele, hoʻopaʻa ʻana a me ka hoʻokani mele i nā makahiki 1980, akā i kēia manawa ua hoʻonui ʻia kona makemake.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Puente i ka Tito Puente Scholarship Fund no nā keiki me nā kālena mele. Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ke kumu i kahi kuʻikahi me Allnet Communications e hāʻawi i nā haʻawina i nā haumāna mele a puni ka ʻāina. Ua ʻike ʻia ka mea pena kiʻi ma The Cosby Show a ua ʻike ʻia ma kahi pāʻoihana Coca-Cola me Bill Cosby. Ua hana ʻo ia i nā malihini kipa ma Radio Days a me Armed and Dangerous. Ua loaʻa pū ʻo Puente i kahi kauka hanohano mai Old Westbury College i ka makahiki 1980 a hoʻokani ʻia ma ka Monterey Jazz Festival ma 1984.
Ma ʻAukake 14, 1990, ua loaʻa iā Puente kahi hōkū Hollywood ma Los Angeles no nā mamo. Ua ʻike ʻia ke kālena o Puente i ka lehulehu. I nā makahiki 1990 mua, ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i ka manawa e kamaʻilio me nā poʻe malihini. A i ka makahiki 1991, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Puente ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo Mamba Kings Play Love Songs. Hoʻoulu ʻia ka hoihoi i kāna mele ma waena o ka hanauna hou.
Ma 1991, i ka makahiki 68, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Puente i kāna album 1994th i kapa ʻia ʻo "El Numero Cien", i hāʻawi ʻia e Sony no RMM Records. Ua loaʻa i ka mea pena ka makana ASCAP hanohano loa - ka Founders Award - i Iulai XNUMX. Ua kākau ʻo Jon Lannert o Billboard, "I ka piʻi ʻana o Puente i ka mic. Ua pahū ka ʻāpana o ka poʻe anaina me ka hoʻokani ʻole ʻia o ke mele Puente "Oye Como Va".
ʻO ke ola pilikino
Ua male ʻo Tito Puente i hoʻokahi manawa. Ua noho ʻo ia me kāna wahine ʻo Margaret Asensio mai 1947 a hiki i kona make ʻana (ua make ʻo ia ma 1977). Ua hānai pū lāua i ʻekolu keiki - ʻekolu keiki ʻo Tito, ʻo Audrey lāua ʻo Richard. Ma mua o kona make ʻana, ua loaʻa i ka mea pena kiʻi aloha ke kūlana moʻolelo o kahi mea hoʻokani pila. He mea haku mele a haku mele i hoʻohanohano ʻia e ka poʻe connoisseurs a me nā mea hoʻokalakupua mele ma ke ʻano he Mōʻī o Latin Jazz. Ma Union City, New Jersey, hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo ia me kahi hōkū ma ka Walk of Fame ma Celia Cruz Park a ma Spanish Harlem, New York. Ua kapa hou ʻia ke alanui ʻo East 110th ʻo Tito Puente Way i ka makahiki 2000. Ua make ka mea hoʻokani pila i ka makahiki 2000 o ka maʻi puʻuwai.
