Personnel: Tito Puente (vocals, timbales, background vocals); Bobby Porcelli, Mitch Frohman (alto saxophone); Ed Palermo (tenor saxophone); Steve Sachs (baritone saxophone); Hector "Bomberito" Zarzuela, Paulo Di Paula, Luis "Perico" Ortíz, Manuel Silva (trumpet); Leopoldo Pineda, Sam Burtis, Jimmy Frisaura (trombone); Sonny Bravo (piano); Joe Santiago (bass instrument); Johnny 'Dandy' Rodriguez, Jose Madera (congas, bongos, timbales, percussion); Nicky Marrero (timbales); Adalberto Santiago, Rubén Blades, Tito Allen (background vocals).
Additional personnel: Luigi Texidor, Ismael Quintara, Hector Casanova, Adalberto Santiago, Junior Gonzalez, Nestor Sanchez, Santos Colon, Celia Cruz, Cheo Feliciano (vocals).
Beny More -- "El Barbaro del Ritmo" -- was one of the great Cuban singers of the 1950s. Puente is joined by Celia Cruz (on a large number of cuts), Hector Lavoe, El Conde and various other New York salseros in a set that simply has to be a winner, given the participants and More's compositional chops. ~ John Storm Roberts, Original Music minimize