WILLY CHIRINO CD Son Del Alma latin musik salsa son mambo kuba. Tomasito Cruze has received 5 times Grammy Nomination and is and three times Grammy-winning recording artist for his participation in the productions of Arturo Sandoval’s “Rumba Palace”,Willy Chirino’s “Son Del Alma” and Alejendro Sanz’s “No es lo mismo”,Candala was the first albumas a solo Singer,Songwriter and Producer.
Album Features UPC 29 Artist Jane Bunnett Format CD Release Year 2011 Record Label Timba Genre International, Salsa Details Playing Time 61 min. Contributing Artists Los Jubilados, The Santiago Jazz Saxophone Quartet, La Conga De Los Hoyos De Santiago De Cuba, Los Jubilados De Santiago De Cuba Producer Larry Cramer, Detlef Engelhard Distributor Muvid Recording Type Studio SPAR Code n/a Track Listing Disc 1 1. Funky Mambo Mambo - (featuring The Santiago Jazz Saxophone Quartet), 2. Son Santiaguero Son, 3. Almendra Afro Jazz, 4. Jane And Los Oyos Conga - (featuring The Santiago Jazz Saxophone Quartet/La Conga De Los Hoyos De Santiago De Cuba), 5. La Comparsa Bolero, 6.
Camaronsito Seco Son, 7. Lagrimas Negras Bolero-Son, 8. Donna Lee BeBob Conga - (featuring La Conga De Los Hoyos De Santiago De Cuba), 9. Mambo Shin Shin Mambo - (featuring The Santiago Jazz Saxophone Quartet), 10. Quien Eres Tu Son, 11.
Alma De Santiago Ballad/Afro Cuban Jazz/Conga.
Recording artist Willy Chirino holds his award backstage for the best salsa/merengue album for 'Son Del Alma' at the 48th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 8, 2006. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith Now, the Cuban-born, Miami-based salsero hopes to expand his national and international reach with a fledgling independent outfit. Chirino’s new album, “Algarabia,” is set for a May 20 release through a partnership between Chirino’s own label, Latinum, and Eventus, the label launched in 2007 by Eventus Marketing. The album will be distributed by Sony BMG, Chirino’s label for 15 years. “Algarabia” is predominantly salsa, albeit with touches of reggaeton and rock guitars, as well as a couple of romantic boleros. The album features 13 tracks, and on top of that Chirino recorded two iTunes exclusives. Chirino’s distribution move sounds daring, but he’s expanding a model he took up seven years ago when he left Sony and created his own label, which was distributed by indie Delanuca.
“I realized my records were in the hands of people that really didn’t vibrate with the music,” Chirino says. “So I decided to take the reins of my career. If you have the capacity to do that, it’s the best possible move.” GOOD FIT With Eventus, Chirino has found a partner he can lean on. The company produced and marketed Chirino’s two 35th-anniversary concerts last year with such success that Chirino approached the company for management. Now Chirino, along with Eventus owner/president Nelson Albareda, is a partner in the company’s label and management units. Omer Pardillo, Celia Cruz’s former manager, is also a partner.
The Eventus test drive was a Chirino live CD/DVD set — “En Vivo: 35 Aniversario” — taped during the show and later sold as a PBS special. The sales have been a meager 2,000 copies via independent distribution, according to Nielsen SoundScan, but the set could receive a substantial boost from “Algarabia” and its major-label support. Still, the success of the model is not so much in the label, Albareda says, but in shows and sponsorships. Chirino’s anniversary set, for example, will be sold during PBS pledge drives in New York and Florida cities Orlando, Tampa and Miami in June, when stations in those cities will air his special. “Algarabia” features duets with a wide assortment of performers, including Brazilian singer Daniela Mercury and Venezuelan sonero Oscar D’Leon. The single “Pa’lante” is a duet with Chilean troubadour Alberto Plaza.
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This week, the track is No. 19 on Billboard’s Tropical Airplay chart. “My music is music to dance to,” Chirino says. “Of course, I also have social commentary — but it has to be danceable. And from that point on, creativity can be applied.” Several songs are politically charged, and many deal with Cuba. Chirino plans to perform in the United States, Mexico and Europe, finishing with a concert at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami in the fall, his first arena solo date in the city. But as important as the tour is, Chirino says, his immediate concern is his album.
“I always, always have considered the album to be the single most important project in a career,” he says. “It’s what remains for other generations to listen to. The true purpose of an artist is to become immortal through his work.” Reuters/Billboard.