TITO PUENTE - MUCHO PUENTE / PLENTY PUENTE















Tito Puente for Tico from 1964.
Mid 60s Tito in full effect with that raw Tico sound produced by Teddy Reig.Plenty of mambos,guaguagancos,cha chas and another cracking latin jazz killer cut in "Flamenco Mood".

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