Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa

Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa
Live album by
ReleasedDecember 7, 1999
RecordedMay 12, 1999
GenreSalsa
Length41:58
LabelRMM
ProducerJon Fausty
Celia Cruz chronology
Queen of the Tropics
(2000)
Celia Cruz and Friends: A Night of Salsa
(1999)
Inigualable
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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]

  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.