The live album featured great hits from the singers recorded live at the Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival on 31 August 2012. Such hits were "Valió la Pena", "Yo No Sé Mañana", "Fabricando Fantasías", "Un Disco Más", "Mi Bajo y Yo, "Anacaona", "Casi Te Envidio", "Aguanilé", "Medias Negras", "Tu Amor Me Hace Bien" among others.[2]
The project was born as a hope to rescue the salsa genre for the young public after the great impact that the song "Vivir Mi Vida" by Marc Anthony had, according to George's words: "We thought of a meeting of friends, of the best soneros, George told PRODU in a quality show for youth Marc Anthony, Oscar D'León, Cheo Feliciano, Andy Montañez, Luis Enrique, Willy Chirino, José Alberto "El Canario", Tito Nieves, Nora from the Orquesta de la Luz and Charlie Zaa, they accepted the invitation to be part of the best meeting of salseros of these times. I called the singers and each one said yes, the idea was that they sing their hits, I wanted a show in which people sang all the songs".[4]
"Valió la Pena" by Marc Anthony was composed in its Latin pop version for the album Amar Sin Mentiras in 2004 by José Luis Pagán, Fernando Estefano Salgado and by Anthony himself and later adapted to the album carried by himself. Name to a Salsa version that was produced by Sergio George, from the same album there is also "Tu Amor Me Hace Bien" that was also composed in Latin Pop and later in Salsa Version.
Commercial performance
The album was released in the United States on 24 June 2013. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Sergio George Presents: Salsa Giants Latin gold on 31 January 2014 for shipments of 30,000 copies.[7]
Singles
"Para Celebrar" released on 12 June 2013 It was the only single from the album and was performed in November 2013 at the 14th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.
Track list
All tracks were produced by Sergio George.
Sergio George Presents: Salsa Giants track listing