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 Various Artists
Viva La Salsa (Gold Star Music/Universal Music Latino 803 180 004-2,
2004)
 The top Puerto Rican salseros appear on Viva La Salsa, a
live recording that was made at the Tito Puente Amphitheater in San Juan, Puerto
Rico on December of 2003. It includes five of the best known singers in Puerto
Rico's salsa scene, Adalberto Santiago, Tito Allen, Luigi Texidor, Papo Sánchez,
and Sammy González.
They are joined by a group of outstanding musicians, who play dazzling solos throughout the album. The instrumentalists are: Endel Dueño on
timbales; Piro Rodríguez, Elías López and Luis Aquino on trumpets; Endel, Rafy
Torres and Jorge Díaz on trombone; Luisra Torres and Memo Pelayo on saxophone;
Paoli Mejía on congas; Javier Oquendo on bongo drums; Tony Escapes
Jr. on drums; Prodigio Claudio on cuatro; Alein Rodríguez on piano; Junior
Alvarado and Edwin Rosario on bass; and Primi Cruz, Darvel García and Wichie
Camacho on backing vocals.
 Viva La Salsa is packaged in a deluxe case that
contains two CDs with the entire live concert, including 15 pieces that were
performed by the five legendary figures. There is also a bonus DVD, which
includes 5 pieces from the concert: “Boranda”, “Indestructible”, “El Rey del
Timbal”, “Son Son Charari”, and “Seguiré sin soñar.”
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