Mambo Birdland

Mambo Birdland
Mambo Birdland
Live album by Tito Puente
Released	1999
Label	RMM
Tito Puente chronology

Released1999

LabelRMM^[1]

Mambo Birdland is a live album by the American musician Tito Puente.^[2]^[3] It was released in 1999.^[4]

The album won a Grammy Award for "Best Traditional Tropical Latin Performance"; it was Puente's fifth Grammy.^[5]^[6] Interviewed after the nominations were announced, Puente expressed particular appreciation as the album coincided with the Latin music resurgence of the late 1990s.^[7] Mambo Birdland peaked at No. 14 on Billboard's Tropical Albums chart.^[8]

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[12]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[13]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[14]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mambo Birdland"
2.	"Juventud del Presente"
3.	"Ban Ban Quere"
4.	"Como Está Miguel"
5.	"Cha Cha Cha Mambo"
6.	"Guaguancó Margarito"
7.	"Mi Mamita"
8.	"Mambo Gozón"
9.	"Oye Mi Guaguancó"
10.	"Ran Kan Kan"
11.	"Oye Como Va"

v t e Tito Puente
Albums as leader or co-leader	Dance Mania (1958) Tito Puente Swings, The Exciting Lupe Sings (with La Lupe, 1965) El Rey (1984) Mambo Birdland (1999)
Albums as sideman	The Matadors Meet the Bull (with Sonny Stitt, 1965) Quincy Plays for Pussycats (with Quincy Jones, 1965) Rhythmstick (with Dizzy Gillespie, 1990) Remembering Clifford (with Benny Golson, 1998) Rhythm in the House (with Hilton Ruiz, 1998)
Related articles	Audrey Puente (daughter) The Mambo Kings Awards and nominations

Mambo Birdland

Critical reception

Track listing

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