Their first joint album, 1974’s “Celia & Johnny,” opens with the flamboyant squall of “Quimbara,” a celebration of salsa’s African roots. The two most memorably performed the song ...

To celebrate the release of a new book from NPR Music, How Women Made Music, as well as the 50th anniversary this year of the album Celia & Johnny, Felix Contreras and Anamaria Sayre walk through ...

Tracks: Quimbara; Toro Mata; Vieja Luna; El Paso del Mulo; Tengo El Idde; Lo Tuyo Es Mental; Canto a La Habana; No Mercedes; El Tumba y Celia; El Pregón del Pescador. Personnel: Johnny Pacheco, ...

is basically Celia Cruz recounting the list of great orchestras she performed with going back to her earliest days in Cuba. It includes a shout-out to "el gran Dominicano" Johnny Pacheco.

Celia found international fame collaborating with star flautist and composer Johnny Pacheco, co-founder of Fania Records. Their huge hits included "Quimbara," "Toro Mata," and "Canto a la Habana." ...

She recorded an album with Dominican bandleader Johnny Pacheco, the label co-founder, and “Celia & Johnny” became one of the big hits of that fiery decade. The Cruz-Pacheco duo yielded hits ...

Salsa started as a Caribbean phenomenon, but it spread all over the world like wildfire, and its devilish rhythm and sinuous melodies are now universal. At its best, salsa can rock as hard as rock.

Johnny Pacheco with Celia Cruz, ‘Químbara’ (1974) Celia Cruz was already a star with Sonora Matancera when she left Cuba in 1960, replacing the legendary La Lupe as Tito Puente’s lead ...

Here are 15 of the best salsa tracks of all-time, including Hector Lavoe, Mark Anthony, El Gran Combo, Ruben Blades, Sonora Ponceña, Celia Cruz and more. By Judy Cantor-Navas Trying to sum up a ...