The concert was Ruben Blades and Roberto Delgado Orchestra. I thought "Roberto Delgado" (arranger) was the pianist of the orchestra because we are usually the most nerd in the ensemble, but no!!. Who wrote all those arrangements was the bass player, he was the famous Roberto Delgado.
Ruben Blades is a legendary Salsa singer who became famous with the record label Fania Records and his Orchestra "The Fania All Stars" and shared the stage and music with the largest Salsa singers, Hector Lavoe.
There was a beautiful moment in the concert when he sang her song "El Cantante" which was dedicated to his friend Hector Lavoe, he said two things before singing: the first was that he never imagined that his song was going to be famous sung by another person (referring to Hector Lavoe) and the second sentence was that despite that Lavoe had died for him "the death begins with forgetting" and while we remembered by the music he had done, Hector Lavoe still be alive.
I have a Salsa Orchestra and Ruben Blades been a great school for me as a composer and arranger for this style.
The song that we start our show is entitled "Pedrito Estoques" a cover of "Pedro Navaja" Ruben Blades. Pedro Estoques took the character to a Chilean reality and how it had been his story if born in a slum here in Chile. I hope someday Ruben Blades heard our humble tribute...
