Echoes of Tjader's vibraphone style are echoed in the tracks 'Mambo Diablo' and 'Lush Life'.

Track Listing

1. Mambo Diablo
2. Take Five
3. Lush Life
4. Pick Yourself Up
5. Lullaby of Birdland
6. No Pienses Asi
7. China
8. Eastern Joy Dance

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #154971 in Music
• Released on: 1990-10-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

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Customer Reviews

Jazz saxophonist says "Muy Bueno" ( spanish for very good)
Tito Puente won a grammy for this album, its well deserved. The title cut is awesome, Mambo Diablo starts out calm and builds to a powerhouse of premo latin jazz. If you like Tito Puente I strongly recommend this album. It contains many famous cuts and has a good variety of ballads and fast moving tempos. Anyone with a musical background can apprecate Tito's music. If your background is limited this is a good one to get introduced to salsa. I have only one qualm about Mambo Diablo, the CD could have been longer, at eight songs your are left wanting more. I liked this one, its a good addition to any collection. Muy Bueno

Classic Puente
This is classic stuff. Great arrangements of "Lullaby of Birdland," and "Take 5." I don't think you'll find these jazz standards played the same way anywhere else.

Tito displays his versatility on the timbales as well as the vibraphone. The album is well-rounded and well-suited for jazz fans as well as latin fans. You won't be disappointed.

Grammy winner for El Rey
There are some great Latin-ized versions of standards here, like "Lush Life", "Lullaby of Birdland", "Take Five", and "Pick Yourself Up". Tito Puente won a Grammy for this effort, which was recorded in 1985. But I still say his stuff from the 1950's and 60's is better (which had much more emphasis on Mambo, Cha-Cha, and dance music in general). The best cut is definitely "Lullaby of Birdland", which features some wonderful piano playing by George Shearing.