The legendary orchestra from El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, on the eve of its 60th anniversary, presented yesterday its latest album, entitled En Cuarentena.
It consists of nine salsa musical numbers dedicated to humor, the dancer and that eternal theme of love to which he sings, from all perspectives of romance. Of these, what she wants is Combo, a campaign number; You have to love yourself, which is about love for women; and that of strangeness I will not fall in love again. This record production comes after five years without recording an album.
According to its members, the orchestra experienced both the absence of the public in the pandemic, the journey to live alone, and the isolated composition. In addition to creating themes outside the studio, to meet new strategies to attract your assistants through the Internet, especially for young people.
Allies of Rimas, Los Mulatos del Sabor, at this time of covid-19 and all its failures, they reaffirm themselves as undisputed representatives of Puerto Rican salsa.
“We always record together. Now the system was different because we did the work in a smaller studio, which took us a long time. The current records have been sacrificed because we cannot all be together to comply with all protocols. This is El Combo del Mundo and the video I filmed on the networks is another language, “said Ithier. Spokesman.
In addition, he mentioned that they are very busy and will take a cruise tour to celebrate the 60th anniversary.
“Our job is to play in Puerto Rico and, if they ask us, we do it every day, and for charity,” he added.
With the sympathy that characterizes him, Ithier expressed “I took this (mask) off at the press conference because my voice is not nice. I feel pretty good when I turn 95; and I eat well ”.
Because their musical task was to travel around the world, as when they celebrated their 50th anniversary in Japan and China, they now plan their trips to Central and South America, the United States. and three other continents for 2022 This tournament will be titled 60 Years for Its People.
The veteran director did not stop referring to the reggaeton players from Puerto Rico, given that they divided the stage into other nations.
“Salsa is the music we speak in Spanish. Reggaeton players have achieved universal success, but what they sing is their identity. The Gran Combo in the traditional is innovative “, said Ithier.
In the middle of the press conference, held yesterday at the Tourism Company, greetings were received from Hong Kong, where they were listening to Ithier. With his usual sense of humor, he replied: “I asked to be 125 years old and I am 95, so I miss …”.