Encuentro

Produced by Tony Gio Arranged by Isidro Infante When you speak of the great combinations in Latin music Tito Puente & Vicentico Valdes, Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz come to mind.I thought Celia Cruz and Ray Barretto were great together.Another such combo who unfortunately recorded together too few times were the late great Louie Ramirez and Puerto Rican vocalist Tito Allen.Here the singer tells you of the encounter - the "titan" of rhythms & song and bandleader Louie Ramirez have arrived! With trumpets & baritone sax,the band comes in with mucho swing and the tailor-made Louie Ramirez sound. Along with Gil" Pulpo" Colon on piano, Papo Pepin handling the congas, Pete Miranda on baritone and the legendary Adalberto Santiago on coro- Louie swings it with his timbal- on "EL ENCUENTRO". Louis Laffitte Latin Beat