“Salsa Giants” has star Salsa singers all performing in one event recording.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThis defeats the purpose of a “Live” performance, where as a Salsa music fan you go to see and listen to your favorite songs by your favorite artists, but expecting something “extra”. Not in this case. Sergio George like to use the “cookie-cutter” style of making music, where the highlight is the singer and every single not is scripted. What a waste of artistic talent!<\/p>\n
For the record, let me mention the few brief exceptions of this. In “Aguanile” Marc Anthony does extend some notes much longer than in the recording, showcasing his powerful voice. Other than that, he uses the same exact soneos as in “El Cantante”.<\/p>\n
Additionally, Oscar D’Leon makes some original soneos in “Mi Bajo y Yo” and Cheo Feliciano does some originals in “Anacaona”. Luis Enrique does a nice intro to “Yo No Se Ma\u00f1ana”, and lastly, at the end of the last song of the concert, which was “Vali\u00f3 La Pena”, Marc Anthony invites all the other singers on stage to share a few soneos, before they collectively say “goodbye” to the audience in Curacao. I consider these brief and insignificant deviations of what I mentioned above.<\/p>\n
– Many singers but No duets<\/strong> – with all these all-star singers together in the same event, there is not one duet in this album. Duets would have provide us, Salsa music fans, with some original content in this album, something new to enjoy. From a commercial standpoint, doing 3 or 4 duets in the album (no need to make it an all-duet album) would have provided original content that Salsa fans could ONLY find in THIS recording. But\u2026that was another missed opportunity.<\/p>\n