Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa is a live album by Cuban salsa musician Celia Cruz. The album was recorded during a concert on May 12, 1999, in Hartford, Connecticut, which was broadcast by PBS. Among the participants of the concert were Tito Puente, Johnny Pacheco, La India, and Isidro Infante.[2] The album peaked at number twelve on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart.[3] The album received a Latin Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album and a nomination for Tropical Album of the Year at the Lo Nuestro Awards of 2001.[4][5]
Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | December 7, 1999 | |||
Recorded | May 12, 1999 | |||
Genre | Salsa | |||
Length | 41:58 | |||
Label | RMM | |||
Producer | Jon Fausty | |||
Celia Cruz chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Track listing
editNo. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Mi Vida Es Cantar" | Victor Daniel | 04:19 |
2. | "La Dicha Mia" | Johnny Pacheco | 07:28 |
3. | "La Vida Es Un Carnaval" | Victor Daniel | 05:13 |
4. | "Celia Y Tito" | Johnny Pacheco | 07:31 |
5. | "Medley Siboney/Babalu/El Cumbachero" | Rafael Hernandez, Ernesto Lecuona, Margarita Lecuona | 04:53 |
6. | "Azúcar Negra" | Mario Diaz | 02:57 |
7. | "Usted Abusó" | Pepe Avila, Jose Carlos Figueiredo, Antonio Carles Marques Pinto | 04:55 |
8. | "La Voz De La Experiencia" | La India, Isidro Infante | 07:28 |
9. | "El Guaba" | Johnny Pacheco | 05:01 |
10. | "Quimbara" | Junior Cepeda | 05:47 |
11. | "Cucala" | Wilfredo Figueroa | 05:28 |
12. | "Bemba Colora" | Horacio Santos | 08:38 |
13. | "Guantanamera" | Joseíto Fernández / Julian Orban / Peter Seeger | 07:12 |
References
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Bush, John. "Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa". Allmusic. Rovi.
- ^ "Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa - Celia Cruz". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
- ^ "1st Annual Latin GRAMMY Award Winnersa". Los Culturas. Archived from the original on 2010-12-22.
- ^ "Premios Lo Nuestro: Votación 2001". Univision. Univision Communications Inc. 2001. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2013.