Tito Puente's Drumming with the Mambo King - book/cd
The package includes a 192-page book and a CD, produced by Tito and Jim Payne and features:
A retrospective in words and photos of Tito's incredible 50-year career as The King of Latin Music.
A history of Afro-Cuban music.
Instruction covering Latin rhythms and patterns for the timbales and the drum set.
A 75-minute CD that includes playing examples of the material in the book plus twelve original recordings that span Tito's entire career.
Drum charts written by Tito's musical director, Jose Madera, accompany each recording.
Transcriptions of some of Tito's most famous timbale solos.
Featured original recordings include: Cuando Te Vea, Complication, Saca Tu Mujer, Mambo Gozun, Ran Kan Kan, Oye Como Va, El Cayuco, Mi Chiquita Quiere Bembe, Mambo Beat, Ti Mon Bo and Timbalero.
