CELIA CRUZ • TITO PUENTE - Cuba y Puerto Rico Son ... (1966-2006) RM / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Although they'd appeared together several times, this was the first time that Celia Cruz and Tito Puente had been featured together on an LP, and fortunately not the last. Cuba y Puerto Rico Son… has firepower like no listener could have expected, despite the fact that two of Latin music's most explosive artists were headlining an LP. All of the major Cuban and Puerto Rican forms are heard, from the opening mambo ("La Guarachera," with no holds barred) to bomba (the equally frenetic "La Plena Bomba Me Llama"), and a softer detour into bolero for "Desencanto." (Celia even sang a sultry pop number for "Mi Desesperacion.") Puente's orchestra is in prime form, and he provides all the arrangements, while Cruz ably matches the band for energy. An outing remarkably free of salsa, Cuba y Puerto Rico Son… covers nearly every popular Latin rhythm and remains one of the high points in each artist's nearly incomparable discographies. by John Bush
Tracklist :
1     La Guarachera 2:44
Rafael DaVila
2     Mi Desesperación 3:15
Roberto Cole
3     La Plena Bomba Me Llama 2:47
Rafael DaVila
4     Descencanto 4:10
Luis Amadori / Enrique Santos Discépolo
5     Cumbiando 2:33
Henry Castro
6     Tinicue 3:05
Eduardo Angulo
7     No Hay Amigos 2:54
Eliseo Grenet
8     Me Acuerdo de Ti 4:03
Gustavo Seclen
9     No Juegue con el Diablo 2:45
Pablo Chorot
10     Herencia Gitana 3:11
Mostazo / R. Perello / S. Cantabrana     
11     La Rueda 2:03
Victor Manuel Mato Argumendo
12     Salve Pa'ti 2:12
Rafael DaVila
Credits :
Saxophone – Al Abreu, Jesus Caunedo, Milt Hisler, Shepp Pullman  
Choir/Chorus – Santos Colon, Felo Brito, Willie Torres,       
Vocal, Choir/Chorus – Celia Cruz
Congas – Frankie Malable
Bongos, Cencerro – Jimmy Centeno, Jose Mangual Jr.,
Piano – Gilbert Lopez
Arranger, Choir/Chorus, Conductor, Drums, Musical Direction, Timbales, Vibraphone – Tito Puente
Bass (Acoustic) – Bobby Rodriguez
Trombone – Mark Weinstein, Sonny Russo, Barry Rogers, Jose Rodriguez,
Trumpet  – Pat Russo, Victor Paz, Pedro "Puchi" Boulong, Jimmy Frisaura,