“Salsa we eat, mambo we dance.”
— Tito Puente
Mambo legend, Tito Puente, on timbales showing off his signature passionate expression. A mambo and cha-cha pioneer, Tito was part of the movement that brought latin music to the masses.
Tito Puente
Dance pioneers, Pedro “Cuban Pete” Aguilar and Millie Donay, who helped establish the foundation of what would become “mambo” dance, and later “salsa”, captivating the crowd at NYC’s The Palladium.