Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa

Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa
Live album by Celia Cruz
Released February 8, 1999
Recorded May 12, 1998
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
(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 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 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 Daniel 4:18
2. "La Dicha Mia"  Johnny Pacheco 7:27
3. "La Vida Es Un Carnaval"  Victor Daniel 5:12
4. "Celia y Tito"  Johnny Pacheco 7:30
5. "Medley Siboney/Babalu/El Cumbachero"  Rafael Hernandez, Ernesto Lecuona, Margarita Lecuona 4:52
6. "Azúcar Negra"  Mario Diaz 2:56
7. "Usted Abusó"  Pepe Avila, Jose Carlos Figueiredo, Antonio Carles Marques Pinto 4:54
8. "La Voz de la Experiencia"  La India, Isidro Infante 7:27
9. "El Guaba"  Johnny Pacheco 5:00
10. "Quimbararararar"  Junior Cepeda 5:46
11. "Cucala"  Wilfredo Figueroa 5:27
12. "Benba Colora"  Horacio Santos 8:37
13. "Guantanamera"  Joseíto Fernández / Julian Orban / Peter Seeger 7:11

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