1. Ran Kan Kan
2. Swinging the Mambo - Tito Puente, Sanchez, M.
3. Four Beat Cha Cha, Pt. 1
4. Cuando Te Vea
5. Tito Guajira
6. Mambo Gozón
7. Night Hawk - Tito Puente, Salim, A. K.
8. Witch Doctor's Nightmare
9. Abaniquito - Tito Puente, Curbelo, J.
10. Picadillo
11. Mambo Beat
12. Cao Cao Mani Picao - Tito Puente, Menendez, J. Carbo
13. Birdland After Dark - Tito Puente, Pettiford, O.
14. Obatalá Yeza
15. Chanchullo - Tito Puente, Lopez, I.
16. Pa' los Rumberos
17. Hong Kong Mambo
18. What Is This Thing Called Love? - Tito Puente, Porter, C.
19. Complicación - Tito Puente, Aguabella, F.
20. Tito Timbero - Tito Puente, Ortiz, E.
21. Oye Como Va - Tito Puente, Puente, Tito
22. Cuál Es la Idea
23. El Cayuco
24. Son de la Loma - Tito Puente, Matamoros, Miguel
25. 3-D Mambo - Tito Puente, Santos, R.
26. Cuban Nightmare
27. Oye Mi Guaguancó (Listen to the Guaguancó)
28. Take the "A" Train - Tito Puente, Strayhorn, Billy
29. Elegua Chango
30. Si Te Contara - Tito Puente, Reina, F.
31. Cha-Con-Cha
32. Dance Mania
33. Ti Mon Bo
34. Yambeque
35. Lotus Land - Tito Puente, Scott, C.
36. Malibu Beat
37. Sácala
38. Havana After Dark - Tito Puente, O'Farril, C.
39. Mambo Buda
The Essential Tito Puente
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2005-08-16)
- Publisher: RCA
- Label: RCA
- Format: Original recording remastered
- Studio: RCA
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 5 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #13532
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Summary: Tito Puente, the King of Latin Music 2008-09-05
Comment: Very good compilation. If you are a fan of Tito Puente or a fan of Latin Music, now better known as Salsa, you can't go wrong with this two, 40 track CD set. Sony/Legacy has done a good job with their Essential series. I'm a fan of 'the old school' Latin Music, such as Tito Rodriguez, Joe Cuba, Willie Colon, etc. and not so much into the experimentation Tito Puente did with main street jazz or Latin Jazz. This compilation has some of that but not enough to turn me against it. It has a good balance of all that Tito did throughout his long and distinguished career. A good mix of all instrumental, vocals, mambos and Jazz/Latin Jazz. And who can complain when you have the original "Oye Como Va", and "Ran Kan Kan". If you are a lover of Latin Music as I am, then you must add this to your collection. It will one day be a collectors item for sure. I have many of Tito Puente's older recordings and this is one of the better ones. The remastered sound is great. You can't go wrong with this in your collection.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Excelente! 2008-07-06
Comment: This is not a complete set by any means but as the title says, it is essential in order to grasp the enduring career of Tito Puente if you are not familiar with his music or are just starting out. Its two discs cover a career by giving a sampling of his work from all periods, and of course featuring the popular favorites which may have drawn people to start to listen in the first place. I highly recommend this set for the individual who has no Tito Puente but would like a small collection of some of his best works. The sound quality is great and the songs are superb. Just TRY not to dance when you play these discs!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: VIVA EL TITO! 2008-01-25
Comment: IF YOU WANT TO HEAR SOME PRIMITIVE LATIN BEATS,
AND SWINGIN ARRANGEMENTS, YOU CANNOT GO WRONG
WITH THIS CD. JUST PLAY RAN KAN KAN AND YOU'RE
READY TO BLAST OFF,TO SATURN AND MARS, AND ALL POINTS
IN BETWEEN!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: The Esssential Tito Puente 2007-07-14
Comment: This is by far the best Tito Puente Complation I have ever heard. It captures the Master Timbalero at his prime. The remastered CD is awsome and never sounded better. It is a must for Tito Puente Fans
4 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Good one 2005-08-30
Comment: I don't have this album but hearded it on winamp the musics are very good in fact it has the best musics of winamps latin arquives.My favorite is the first track even knowing winamp does not put the number of the tracks it's easy to know because the melodies can not variate so much in one track and one track does not durates more than one hour.However it's worth buying it.
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