Tito Puente ƙwararren ƙwararren ɗan wasan jazz ne na Latin, mai faɗakarwa, cymbalist, saxophonist, pianist, conga da ɗan wasan bongo. Mawakin yana da gaskiya a matsayin uban jazz na Latin da salsa. Bayan ya sadaukar da fiye da shekaru sittin na rayuwarsa ga wasan kwaikwayon kiɗan Latin. Kuma kasancewar Puente ya yi suna a matsayin ƙwararren ɗan wasan kaɗa, Puente ya zama sananne ba kawai a Amurka ba, har ma fiye da iyakokinta. An san mai zanen don ikon sihirinsa don haɗa waƙoƙin Latin Amurka tare da jazz na zamani da babban kiɗan kiɗa. Tito Puente ya fitar da kundi sama da 100 da aka yi rikodin tsakanin 1949 da 1994.
Tito Puente: Yaro da matasa
An haifi Puente a Harlem na Sipaniya na New York a cikin 1923. Inda matasan Afro-Cuban da kiɗan Afro-Puerto Rican suka taimaka ƙirƙirar kiɗan salsa (salsa Mutanen Espanya ne don "kayan yaji" da "miya"). A lokacin Puente yana da shekaru goma. Ya yi wasa tare da ƙungiyoyin Latin Amurka na gida a taron gida, abubuwan zamantakewa, da otal-otal na New York. Mutumin ya yi rawa da kyau kuma an bambanta shi ta hanyar sassauci da filastik na jiki. Puente ya fara yin wasan tare da wata ƙungiya ta gida mai suna "Los Happy Boys" a Otal ɗin Park Place na New York. Kuma tun yana dan shekara 13, an riga an dauke shi a matsayin hazikin yaro a fagen waka. Lokacin yana matashi, ya shiga Noro Morales da Machito Orchestra. Amma dole ne ya huta a cikin aikinsa, saboda an sa mawakin ya shiga sojan ruwa. A 1942 yana da shekaru 19.
Farkon hanyar kirkirar Tito Puente
A ƙarshen 1930s, Puente da farko ya yi niyya ya zama ƙwararren ɗan wasan rawa, amma bayan mummunan rauni a idon sawunsa wanda ya ƙare aikinsa na ɗan rawa, Puente ya yanke shawarar ci gaba da yin kida da tsara kiɗa, wanda ya fi kyau.
Puente ya yi abokantaka da ɗan wasan bandeji Charlie Spivak yayin da yake hidima a cikin sojojin ruwa, kuma ta hanyar Spivak ne ya zama mai sha'awar babban rukuni. Lokacin da mai zane na gaba ya dawo daga Rundunar Sojan Ruwa bayan yaƙe-yaƙe tara, ya sami Yabo na Shugaban ƙasa kuma ya kammala karatun kiɗan sa na yau da kullun a Makarantar Kiɗa ta Juilliard, karatun gudanarwa, kade-kade da ka'idar kiɗa a ƙarƙashin mashahuran malamai. Ya kammala karatunsa a shekarar 1947 yana dan shekara 24.
A Juilliard kuma na tsawon shekara guda bayan kammala karatunsa, Puente ya yi wasa tare da Fernando Alvarez da ƙungiyarsa Copacabana, da José Curbelo da Pupi Campo. Lokacin da a 1948, lokacin da artist ya juya 25, ya yanke shawarar ƙirƙirar nasa rukuni. Ko kuma conjunto da ake kira Piccadilly Boys, wanda ba da daɗewa ba ya zama sananne da sunan ƙungiyar Orchestra Tito Puente. Bayan shekara guda, ya yi rikodin buga wasansa na farko "Abaniquito" tare da Tico Records. Daga baya a cikin 1949, ya sanya hannu tare da RCA Victor Records kuma ya yi rikodin waƙar "Ran Kan-Kan".
Mamba Madness King 1950s
Puente ya fara fitar da hits a cikin 1950s, lokacin da nau'in mamba ya kai kololuwar sa. Kuma an yi rikodin shahararrun waƙoƙin rawa kamar "Barbarabatiri", "El Rey del Timbay", "Mamba la Roca" da "Mamba Gallego". RCA ta fito da "Carnival Cuba", "Puente Goes Jazz", "Dance Mania" da "Top Percussion". Puente mafi shaharar Albums guda huɗu tsakanin 1956 da 1960.
A cikin 1960s, Puente ya fara haɗin gwiwa sosai tare da sauran mawaƙa daga New York. Ya yi wasa tare da trombonist Buddy Morrow, Woody Herman da mawakan Cuban Celia Cruz da La Lupe. Ya kasance mai sassauƙa kuma buɗe don gwaji, haɗin gwiwa tare da wasu da kuma haɗa nau'ikan kiɗa daban-daban kamar mamba, jazz, salsa. Puente ya wakilci motsin canji na Latin-jazz a cikin kiɗan lokacin. A cikin 1963, Puente ya fito da "Oye Como Va" akan Tico Records, wanda ya kasance babban nasara kuma ana ɗaukarsa a yau.
Bayan shekaru hudu, a cikin 1967, Puente ya gudanar da wani shiri na abubuwan da ya rubuta a Metropolitan Opera a Lincoln Center.
Sanin duniya Tito Puente
Puente ya dauki nauyin shirin talabijin nasa mai suna The World of Tito Puente wanda aka watsa a gidan talabijin na Latin Amurka a 1968. Kuma an nemi ya zama Grand Marshal na New York a faretin Ranar Puerto Rico. A cikin 1969, magajin gari John Lindsey ya gabatar da Puente tare da mabuɗin zuwa birnin New York a matsayin babban karimci. An karɓi godiya ta duniya.
Ba a rarraba kiɗan Puente a matsayin salsa ba har zuwa 1970s, saboda yana ɗauke da abubuwa na babban band da abun da ke ciki na jazz. Lokacin da Carlos Santana ya ba da labari mai ban mamaki a farkon shekarun 1970. Puente "Oye Como Va", waƙar Puente ta haɗu da sabon ƙarni. Santana kuma ya yi Puente's "Para Los Rumberos", wanda Puente ya rubuta a 1956. Puente da Santana sun hadu a 1977 a Roseland Ballroom a New York.
A cikin 1979, Puente ya zagaya ƙasar Japan tare da ƙungiyarsa kuma ya gano sabbin masu sauraro. Kazalika da cewa ya samu karbuwa a duniya. Bayan ya dawo daga Japan, mawakin tare da makadansa sun yi wa shugaban Amurka Jimmy Carter wasa. A wani bangare na bikin shugaban kasar na watan Hispanic Heritage Month. An ba Puente lambar yabo ta Grammy guda hudu a cikin 1979 don "Tribute to Benny More". Ya kuma ci lambar yabo ta Grammy don On Broadway. A 1983, "Mambo Diablo" a 1985 da Goza Mi Timbal a 1989. A tsawon aikinsa, Puente ya sami lambar yabo ta Grammy Award guda takwas, fiye da kowane mawaƙa. A fagen kiɗan Latin Amurka har zuwa 1994.
saki na XNUMXth album
Puente ya yi rikodin manyan kundinsa na ƙarshe a cikin 1980 da 1981. Ya zagaya biranen Turai tare da ƙungiyar Percussion Jazz ta Latin kuma ya yi rikodin sabbin mashahuran ayyuka tare da su. Puente ya ci gaba da ba da kansa ga tsarawa, rikodi da kuma yin kida a cikin shekarun 1980, amma a wannan lokacin sha'awarsa ta fadada.
Puente ya kafa Asusun Tallafawa Tito Puente don yara masu basirar kiɗa. Daga baya gidauniyar ta rattaba hannu kan wata yarjejeniya da Kamfanin sadarwa na Allnet don bayar da tallafin karatu ga daliban wakoki a fadin kasar nan. Mawallafin ya fito a kan The Cosby Show kuma ya bayyana a cikin kasuwancin Coca-Cola tare da Bill Cosby. Ya kuma gabatar da bako a Ranakun Rediyo da Makamai da Hatsari. Puente kuma ya sami digiri na girmamawa daga Kwalejin Old Westbury a cikin 1980s kuma ya yi a bikin Monterey Jazz a 1984.
Ranar 14 ga Agusta, 1990, Puente ya karbi tauraron Hollywood a Los Angeles don zuriya. Hazakar Puente ta zama sananne ga jama'ar duniya. A farkon shekarun 1990, ya shafe lokaci yana magana da masu sauraron kasashen waje. Kuma a shekarar 1991, Puente ya fito a cikin fim din Mamba Kings Play Songs Love Songs. Ya taso da sha'awar kiɗan sa tsakanin sabbin tsararraki.
A cikin 1991, yana da shekaru 68, Puente ya fitar da kundi na 1994 mai suna "El Numero Cien", wanda Sony ya rarraba don RMM Records. An bai wa mai zanen lambar yabo ta ASCAP mafi girma - Kyautar Masu Kafa - a cikin Yuli XNUMX. Jon Lannert na Billboard ya rubuta, "Lokacin da Puente ya hau kan mic. Wani ɓangare na masu sauraro ya fashe tare da fitowar waƙar Puente "Oye Como Va".
Rayuwar mutum
Tito Puente ya yi aure sau ɗaya. Ya zauna tare da matarsa Margaret Asensio daga 1947 har zuwa mutuwarta (ta mutu a 1977). Ma'auratan sun haifi 'ya'ya uku tare - yara uku Tito, Audrey da Richard. Kafin mutuwarsa, ƙaunataccen ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ya sami matsayi na almara na mawaƙa. Mawallafin waƙa kuma mawaki wanda masana da masu sukar kiɗa suka yaba da shi a matsayin Sarkin Latin Jazz. A cikin Union City, New Jersey, an karrama shi da tauraro akan Walk of Fame a Celia Cruz Park da kuma cikin Harlem na Sipaniya, New York. East 110th Street an sake masa suna Tito Puente Way a shekara ta 2000. Mawakin ya mutu a shekara ta 2000 sakamakon ciwon zuciya.
