Yolanda Duke Releases Many Moods with Tito Puente’s Orchestra

Amigos Music announced the release of Yolanda Duke’s Many Moods. The album is the culmination of a long-standing dream which Yolanda shared with her dearly-departed godfather and mentor Tito Puente––putting her personal touch on American standards and Latin favorites in a Big Band setting. This is the first Tito Puente’s Orchestra recording since Tito died.
 
 Producers Jose Madera and Johnny Rodriguez worked with La Duke to handpick this vibrant collection of popular songs, including I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Blue Moon, Misty, Muchos Besos and a medley of Myrta Silva’s tunes. She duets with popular salsero Jose Alberto ‘El Canario’ on La Peleona, which was first made famous by Machito and Graciela over 30 years ago.

Over 30 musicians contributed their talents to Many Moods, including most of her band mates from the Tito Puente Orchestra. The production was comprised of piano, bass, timbales, congas, bongos Drums, four trumpets, four trombones, five saxophones, four flutes, fourteen violins and backup singers, bringing alive the custom arrangements created by Madera, Ray Santos, Marty Sheller and other arrangers to enhance Yolanda’s very personal interpretations of these classics.

The flavorings of Latin jazz, Swing, Bolero, Guaguanco, Salsa and Guaracha throughout the CD give La Duke the perfect musical stage to showcase her considerable range and unique ability to breathe new life into these timeless songs.

The CD was recorded, mixed and mastered by Grammy award-winning engineer Dae Bennett and Jose Madera with the collaboration of Travis Stefl, at Bennett Studios in Englewood, New Jersey.

Buy the CD or MP3 download:

• In North America: Many Moods
• In Europe: Many Moods