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the record and the people loved it. As ‘Ritmo Chachacha’ and ‘Ella’ are
Enya Records didn’t have a distribution in compositions of Wito himself which clearly
Puerto Rico the stations stopped playing show his decades lasting experience of
the record. salsa music. The arrangement of ‘Ella’
was written by Gilberto Lopez who played
Que Mundo Maravilloso the grand piano for Tito Rodriguez and
In 2011 he had the idea of taking part in Ray Barretto. He can also be heard on
the Pennsylvania Senior Idol competition. several releases of Tito Puente.
Wito made it to the finals and this was the
motivation for him to produce the latest The release shows the old school roots
2014 release. of Wito offering tracks with real stories
about the real truth of being a singer (La
The release starts of with a real salsa, Pura Verdad), a woman worried about
’Vengo Cantando’ composed by Jose her family’s future beyond her demise
Rivera Cibes. (Ella) or gaining points in discussions
(Acumulando Puntos). The latter is a
Oscar Hernandez (Spanish Harlem beautiful arrangement written by Luis
Orchestra) is a good friend of Wito and Garcia.
they have worked together for many
years. Hernandez had already arranged Listening to the latest release I almost
numbers for Conexion Latina in the forgot to look for a better copy of
1990s, e.g. ‘Salsa Jazz’ on Conexion the 1990s track ‘Salsa Jazz’. ‘Que
Latina’s ‘Un Poco Loco’. He has also Mundo Maravilloso’ is an impressive
arranged two tracks for the latest release demonstration of Wito Rodriguez
(‘El Milagro De Un Amor’ and ‘Ritmo excellent vocal skills and his deep musical
Chachacha’). The arrangement of the sense for the ‘real’ salsa.
Godfather theme in ‘El Milagro De Un
Amor’ is a masterpiece and clearly carries Michael Beyer (DJ MAMBITO)
Oscar Hernandez’ thumbprint.
