Week # 42-99, Air Date 10/17/1999 - 10/23/1999
Scope and Contents
Segment #1: "TITO PUENTE" (7:26) Rolando Arrieta profiles the long and amazing career of tireless percussionist Tito Puente, "El Rey del Timbal."
Subject Types: Arts - Music
Locations: U.S. Regions - Puerto Rico
Segment #2: "LYDIA MENDOZA: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERICAN MUSICAL LEGEND" (7:15) Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa talks with Professor Yolanda Broyles Gonzalez, biographer for living Tejano legend Lydia Mendoza.
Subject Types: Arts - Literature; Arts - Music
Locations: U.S. Regions - Southwest; States - Texas
Segment #3: "MONGO SANTAMARIA" (6:28) Latino USA's Maria Hinojosa speaks with Mongo Santamaria, the world renowned Afro-Cuban Jazz pioneer.
Subject Types: Arts - Music
Locations: Non-U.S. Regions - Cuba
Dates
- Creation: Air Date 10/17/1999 - 10/23/1999
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
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Austin Texas 78712 United States
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