Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa

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Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa
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Live album by
ReleasedDecember 7, 1999
RecordedMay 12, 1999
Genre Salsa
Length41:58
Label RMM
Producer Jon Fausty
Celia Cruz chronology
Queen of the Tropics
(2000)
Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa
(1999)
Inigualable
(2000)
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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]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mi Vida Es Cantar"Victor Daniel04:19
2."La Dicha Mia" Johnny Pacheco 07:28
3."La Vida Es Un Carnaval"Victor Daniel05:13
4."Celia Y Tito"Johnny Pacheco07:31
5."Medley Siboney/Babalu/El Cumbachero"Rafael Hernandez, Ernesto Lecuona, Margarita Lecuona 04:53
6."Azúcar Negra"Mario Diaz02:57
7."Usted Abusó"Pepe Avila, Jose Carlos Figueiredo, Antonio Carles Marques Pinto04:55
8."La Voz De La Experiencia" La India, Isidro Infante07:28
9."El Guaba"Johnny Pacheco05:01
10."Quimbara"Junior Cepeda05:47
11."Cucala"Wilfredo Figueroa05:28
12."Bemba Colora"Horacio Santos08:38
13."Guantanamera" Joseíto Fernández / Julian Orban / Peter Seeger 07:12

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Bush, John. "Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa". Allmusic . Rovi.
  3. "Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa - Celia Cruz". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved April 30, 2011.
  4. "1st Annual Latin GRAMMY Award Winnersa". Los Culturas. Archived from the original on 2010-12-22.
  5. "Premios Lo Nuestro: Votación 2001". Univision . Univision Communications Inc. 2001. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2013.