Tito Puente Jr. & Nestor Torres
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The comparison is inevitable. How could it be otherwise? Tito Puente Jr. carries his father with him – imprinted on his physical being and locked in his soul. It’s in his looks, his joy, and his music. Tito, Jr. is on a passionate mission. The younger Puente is determined to nurture the musical legacy left by his father. He refuses to let his father become a distant memory. “He was just too vibrant, too exciting. There was magic in the music my father made. It made people happy all over the world.”He ha s found captive audiences who echo his passion. Crowds lured to a venue by the father are returning to see the son -- and to once again participate in the high voltage celebration that takes place on stage.Tito Puente, Jr. has become an audience favorite in casinos, performing arts centers, symphony halls and jazz festivals worldwide, performing more than 300 shows over the past 5 years.
His 2004 album, “In My Father’s Shoes” featured the classic Puente titles and was spun into a BET Jazz television spe cial of the same name.He was seen in a tribute to his father’s music on NBC’s two hour special -- “The Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem.” He has also appeared on the ABC soap opera hit “One Life to Live” in performance with his big band.Symphony appea rances include Dallas, San Antonio, Colorado, South Bend, and upcoming performances with the Palm Desert Symphony and the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marvin Hamlisch.Tito, Jr.’s new CD release, “Got Mambo?” is a mixture of the old and the ne w as he takes a musical departure into some powerful new music he can truly call his own. Guest artists Bobby Cruz and Hansel & Raul help make this a coming of age project for Puente, Jr. and the album is receiving heavy praise from Tropical and Latin Jazz critics alike. Tito Jr. reveres the magnificent, lasting impact his father had on our musical lives. “People who don’t know anything about Latin music know my father and people always, always smile when they say my father’s name,” he confides. “That is a very special gift I have been given.”
Tito, Jr. lives in South Florida and has two children, Miranda and Antonio.
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Nestor Torres is a Puerto Rican flautist. He studied at Berklee College of Music, Mannes School of Music in NYC, and later at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Torres’ career includes collaborations with Herbie Hancock, Tito Puente, and Gloria Estefan, Kenny Loggins, Dave Matthews, Paquito D’Rivera and Arturo Sandoval. as well as performances with The New World, Cleveland and Singapore Symphony Orchestras. He has re leased 18 CDs to date and has earned four Latin Grammy nominations, one Latin Grammy Award, and a Grammy nomination. His playing incorporates a seamless blend of Latin jazz, pop, straight - ahead jazz and classical styles. He has been described as "an exotic mix of styles that takes the listener through American, Brazilian, and Afro-Cuban jazz".
Born in the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Nestor Torres was inspired to pursue music by his Father, Nestor Ramon, a musician who played piano as well as the Vibraphone and the Hammond organ, and who distinguished himself as a pioneer of both Latin Jazz and television (as a camera man & sound man) in Puerto Rico during the early 60s. Torres Sr. was the nephew of Ruth Fernandez, a singer and iconic figure in Latin America known as “The soul of Puerto Rico made into song” (El Alma de Puerto Rico Hecha Cancion). His mother, Prov idencia, a retired teacher and businesswoman, exposed Torres to Opera and the music of Nat King Cole while his grandfather, Conrado Forestier, a respected business and community leader in Mayaguez, was an influence through his example as a community leader .
His production "This Side Of Paradise" won the Latin Grammy award in the Pop instrumental category on September 11, 2001. The awards were to have been presented at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA with a CBS national telecast that Tuesday, but it was cancelled because of the terrorist attacks that morning. Instead, the winners were announced at a press conference on October 30 at the Conga Room. Torres says: “I accepted this great honor not as a recognition for work already accomplished, but rather as a point of departure and reference from which my music and work could inspire hope and humanity in each listener’s heart.” With that newfound sense of purpose, Torres traveled to New York City in November 2001 to meditate and perform in various houses of worship near Ground Zero. “It was my intention to be a conduit for whatever energy was present in the city at the time, and channel it into my music...” he recalls. From those improvisational performances emerged the songs included in his album Dances, Prayers & Meditations f or Peace , which also included his composition Dances, Prayers & Meditations For Peace, a commissioned work he composed and performed for the Dalai Lama.
Since then, Torres has continued to focus on crossover multi - medi a productions, compositions and performances, consistent with his sense of mission. To that effect, his compositions “Successors, Marta y Maria and Disarmament Suite (commissioned by the Miami Children’s Chorus, St. Martha - Yamaha Concert Series and ICAP (International Committee of Artists for Peace) respectively are expansions on the Nestor Torres multi-cultural fusion sounds as expressions of today’s world.
In 2017 Nestor released two albums. First on September 15, 2017 he released the 2018 Latin Grammy nominee “Jazz Flute Traditions” a spectacular tribute and homage to his jazz flute mentors and influences, and on October 13, 2017 he released his first classical album titled, Del Caribe, Soy, paying tribute to the great Puerto Rican composer Rafael Hernandez.
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His 2004 album, “In My Father’s Shoes” featured the classic Puente titles and was spun into a BET Jazz television spe cial of the same name.He was seen in a tribute to his father’s music on NBC’s two hour special -- “The Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem.” He has also appeared on the ABC soap opera hit “One Life to Live” in performance with his big band.Symphony appea rances include Dallas, San Antonio, Colorado, South Bend, and upcoming performances with the Palm Desert Symphony and the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marvin Hamlisch.Tito, Jr.’s new CD release, “Got Mambo?” is a mixture of the old and the ne w as he takes a musical departure into some powerful new music he can truly call his own. Guest artists Bobby Cruz and Hansel & Raul help make this a coming of age project for Puente, Jr. and the album is receiving heavy praise from Tropical and Latin Jazz critics alike. Tito Jr. reveres the magnificent, lasting impact his father had on our musical lives. “People who don’t know anything about Latin music know my father and people always, always smile when they say my father’s name,” he confides. “That is a very special gift I have been given.”
Tito, Jr. lives in South Florida and has two children, Miranda and Antonio.
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Nestor Torres is a Puerto Rican flautist. He studied at Berklee College of Music, Mannes School of Music in NYC, and later at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Torres’ career includes collaborations with Herbie Hancock, Tito Puente, and Gloria Estefan, Kenny Loggins, Dave Matthews, Paquito D’Rivera and Arturo Sandoval. as well as performances with The New World, Cleveland and Singapore Symphony Orchestras. He has re leased 18 CDs to date and has earned four Latin Grammy nominations, one Latin Grammy Award, and a Grammy nomination. His playing incorporates a seamless blend of Latin jazz, pop, straight - ahead jazz and classical styles. He has been described as "an exotic mix of styles that takes the listener through American, Brazilian, and Afro-Cuban jazz".
Born in the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Nestor Torres was inspired to pursue music by his Father, Nestor Ramon, a musician who played piano as well as the Vibraphone and the Hammond organ, and who distinguished himself as a pioneer of both Latin Jazz and television (as a camera man & sound man) in Puerto Rico during the early 60s. Torres Sr. was the nephew of Ruth Fernandez, a singer and iconic figure in Latin America known as “The soul of Puerto Rico made into song” (El Alma de Puerto Rico Hecha Cancion). His mother, Prov idencia, a retired teacher and businesswoman, exposed Torres to Opera and the music of Nat King Cole while his grandfather, Conrado Forestier, a respected business and community leader in Mayaguez, was an influence through his example as a community leader .
His production "This Side Of Paradise" won the Latin Grammy award in the Pop instrumental category on September 11, 2001. The awards were to have been presented at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA with a CBS national telecast that Tuesday, but it was cancelled because of the terrorist attacks that morning. Instead, the winners were announced at a press conference on October 30 at the Conga Room. Torres says: “I accepted this great honor not as a recognition for work already accomplished, but rather as a point of departure and reference from which my music and work could inspire hope and humanity in each listener’s heart.” With that newfound sense of purpose, Torres traveled to New York City in November 2001 to meditate and perform in various houses of worship near Ground Zero. “It was my intention to be a conduit for whatever energy was present in the city at the time, and channel it into my music...” he recalls. From those improvisational performances emerged the songs included in his album Dances, Prayers & Meditations f or Peace , which also included his composition Dances, Prayers & Meditations For Peace, a commissioned work he composed and performed for the Dalai Lama.
Since then, Torres has continued to focus on crossover multi - medi a productions, compositions and performances, consistent with his sense of mission. To that effect, his compositions “Successors, Marta y Maria and Disarmament Suite (commissioned by the Miami Children’s Chorus, St. Martha - Yamaha Concert Series and ICAP (International Committee of Artists for Peace) respectively are expansions on the Nestor Torres multi-cultural fusion sounds as expressions of today’s world.
In 2017 Nestor released two albums. First on September 15, 2017 he released the 2018 Latin Grammy nominee “Jazz Flute Traditions” a spectacular tribute and homage to his jazz flute mentors and influences, and on October 13, 2017 he released his first classical album titled, Del Caribe, Soy, paying tribute to the great Puerto Rican composer Rafael Hernandez.
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DANCE FLOOR/STANDING AREA OPEN!
Please Note: With chairs removed to make a dance floor / standing area, a ticket guarantees admission but does not guarantee seating.
