Tito Puente - Latin Soul Explosion (2025)

Released in 2025 by Isis Records, Latin Soul Explosion is a retrospective anthology of Tito Puente’s recordings, focusing on his most experimental period during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The compilation highlights two pivotal directions in the "King of Mambo's" career: Afro-Cuban exotica (featuring tracks from the legendary Tambó sessions) and the high-energy Pachanga style that dominated New York dance floors in the early '60s. This release showcases Puente's virtuosity in percussion and sophisticated big-band arranging, blending ritualistic drum patterns with jazz harmonies to define the "Latin Soul" sound.

Tracklist:
1-1 Tito Puente - Dance Of The Headhunters [3:12]
1-2 Tito Puente - Call Of The Jungle Birds [2:28]
1-3 Tito Puente - Rumba Timbales [2:15]
1-4 Tito Puente - The Ceremony Of Tambo [2:37]
1-5 Tito Puente - Velorio [2:13]
1-6 Tito Puente - Cuero Pelao [2:12]
1-7 Tito Puente - Jungle Holiday [2:25]
1-8 Tito Puente - Guaguanco [2:33]
1-9 Tito Puente - Ritual Drum Dance [3:28]
1-10 Tito Puente - Witch Doctor's Nighmare [2:39]
1-11 Tito Puente - Son Montuno [2:56]
1-12 Tito Puente - Voodoo Dance At Midnight [2:22]
1-13 Tito Puente - A Bailar Pachanga [2:11]
1-14 Tito Puente - Un Telegrama [2:47]
1-15 Tito Puente - Piano Pachanga [2:20]
1-16 Tito Puente - Ven Nenita [2:45]
1-17 Tito Puente - Pachanga Beat [2:09]
1-18 Tito Puente - El Chivo [2:38]
1-19 Tito Puente - Pachanga Si, Charanga No [3:07]
1-20 Tito Puente - El Panuelo [2:41]
1-21 Tito Puente - La Charanga [2:31]
1-22 Tito Puente - Pachanga Mood [2:21]
1-23 Tito Puente - Caramelos [2:20]
1-24 Tito Puente - El Guiro De Macorina [2:37]