Tito Puente's recordings from the late '40s through the late '60s were truly influential on all of Latin music, but have long been hard to find. This reissue is certainly welcome, especially as Dance Mania is generally agreed upon as Puente's best. The 1958 is truly a masterpiece of big band mambo, and surely Puente never had a better band--an impressive statement when one considers how high the quality of Puente's bands has always been. Long a cornerstone of any good Latin collection, the remastering job was also done carefully, with percolating percussion, and stemware-shattering high trumpets. --Skip Heller
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