to benefit victims of the earthquake in Haiti. In May,Jon will appear with the National Symphony Orchestra and special guest Tito Puente,Jr., at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington,D.C.

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With Roscoe Lee Browne as a gangster, and cameos by Celia Cruz (as a small club owner) and Tito Puente (as himself).

NEWYORKER: The Mambo Kings

Supreme Court judge Sonia Sotomayor, singer Jennifer Lopez and the former jazz musician Tito Puente are all of Puerto Rican descent, though all three were born in New York.

BBC: Puerto Rico wants to become the 51st state of the US