"Salsa Mundial" audio samples.

Tracks:

 1. Salsa Mundial (G. Rosales)
 2. Arepas (Tite Curet Alonzo)
 3. Salsa Bali (G. Rosales)
 4. Merezco Un Grammy (G. Rosales)
 5. Rakastan (Veikko Niittynen)
 6. Quiero ser (Leonard Garcia)
 7. Iedereen Is Van De Wereld (Thé Lau)
 8. El Chisme (G. Rosales)
 9. Te respeto (G. Rosales)
10. Silencio (Federico de Brito & Carlos Rocha)
11. Pa' Curaçao (G. Rosales)
12. La Doctora Cubana (G. Rosales)
13. Londres Cha Cha (Maria Weber)
14. Africa Es Mi Madre (G. Rosales)

• bonus tracks
15. Patato Valdez Tribute (G. Rosales)

16. Venezuela tiene Candela (G. Rosales) 

 

"Salsa Mundial" is a production that goes further than the conventional. With this album Gerardo Rosales expresses the importance of the coexistence and the cultural integration. On "Salsa Mundial" you can listen to different songs sung in Dutch, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish and Creole of Curacao (Papiamento). Salsa with influences of fado, flamenco, tango, Jazz, R&B and rhythms from Arabia, the Caribbean, Africa and South America.

This album includes 10 original compositions of Gerardo Rosales and themes from other important composers like Thé Lau, Veikko Niittynen, Maria Weber, Leonard Garcia and the Puerto Rican composer Tite Curet Alonzo who is responsible for the most important successes from the Fania All Stars in the sixties and seventies.  A multicultural and international album with musicians from Venezuela, Russia, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Holland, Germany, The USA, Turkey, Curacao, Uruguay, Argentina, Finland and Spain.

 

Vocals: Herman Olivera, Prisca, Marcial Isturiz, Paulina May, Leonard Garcia, Astrid La Holandesa, Cheo Valenzuela, Magda Mendes, Yumarya, Alberto Caicedo, Maria Weber, Yeci Ramos, Rafael Pino.

 

Musicians: Gerardo Rosales: congas, bongo, timbales & percussion; Randy Winterdal: bass; Thomas Bottcher: piano, organ & fender rhodes; Nicole de Zabala: trombones; José Pérez: baritone sax.

 

Featuring: Richie Gajate-Garcia: timbal solo; Armando Vidal: timbal; Ramon Valle: melodica solo; Jorge Glem: venezuelan cuatro; Ulas Aksunger: darbuka & Arabian percussion; Agnes Petkute: bass; Rudy Albano: tenor & soprano sax; Daniel Delgado: soprano sax solo; Elena Gonzalez: flute solos; Isacc Narvaez: piano; Franco Seijas: timbal; Francisco Rojas: timbal; Daniel Raposo: portuguese guitar; Aleix Digisperti: viola; Leonard Garcia: guitarra solo; Jorge Villaruel: tambor campana.