Dance Mania is Tito Puente's all-time favorite and bestselling album from 1958. Featuring the inimitable Ray Baretto on percussion, Dance Mania does exactly what the title says: shake your derriere like you just don't care! This record should belong in everyone's Jazz, Soul, Latin or World music record collection.
Dance Mania is Tito Puente's all-time favorite and bestselling album from 1958. Delivering incredibly tight mambo rhythms, Puente knew how to get his traditional southern American music across. Helped by an impeccable, vivid stereo production (as part of RCA's aptly named original "Living Stereo" series), this infectious mix of latin dance tracks will get anyone up on their feet.
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