Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa

Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa
Studio album by Celia Cruz
Released February 8, 2000
Recorded May 12, 1999
Genre Salsa
Length 41:58
Label RMM
Producer Jon Fausty
Celia Cruz chronology
Queen of the Tropics (2000) Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa (2000) 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 1999 concert 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.[4]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Mi Vida Es Cantar"   Victor Daniel 5:02
2. "La Dicha Mia"   Johnny Pacheco 7:20
3. "La Vida Es Un Carnaval"   Victor Daniel 6:41
4. "Celia y Tito"   Johnny Pacheco 5:46
5. "Medley Siboney/Babalu/El Cumbachero"   Rafael Hernandez, Ernesto Lecuona, Margarita Lecuona 4:35
6. "Azucar Negra"   Mario Diaz 3:27
7. "Usted Abuso"   Pepe Avila, Jose Carlos Figueiredo, Antonio Carles Marques Pinto 5:07
8. "La Voz de la Experiencia"   La India, Isidro Infante 7:30
9. "El Guaba"   Johnny Pacheco 4:21
10. "Quimbara"   Junior Cepeda 6:00
11. "CĂșcala"   Wilfredo Figueroa 5:04
12. "Benba Colora"   Horacio Santos 9:15
13. "Guantanamera"   Joseito Fernandez / Julian Orban / Peter Seeger 6:16

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