"When things get solved in Cuba, the Cuban musicians will scare a lot of musicians from here. I always tell everybody: As soon as the Cubans come, a lot of people are going to have to go back to school all over again. In Cuba it’s different--there they really study music. If you are a musician in Cuba, that’s all you do. Brazilians also play a lot of jazz, but I think Cubans are the more advanced in both jazz technique and rhythm."
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On musicianship in Cuba in "Q&A; with TITO PUENTE : The Mambo King: ‘My Chops Are Still Good’" in Los Angeles Times (October 14, 1994)
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