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.