The legendary orchestra of the Grand Combo of Puerto Rico, on the eve of its 60th founding anniversary, yesterday unveiled its latest album, entitled In Quarantine.
This consists of nine salsa musical numbers dedicated to humor, the dancer and this eternal theme of love to which they sing to him, from all perspectives of romance. Among these What she wants is Combo, number in campaign; It is necessary to love, that speaks of the love towards the woman; and in spite of I do not fall in love again. This record production comes after five years without recording an album.
The orchestra has experienced, according to its members, both the absence of the public in the pandemic, the journey of living alone and composing in isolation. As well as creating topics outside the studio, to comply with new strategies of dragging their attendees over the internet, especially youth.
Allied to the Rimes company, Els Mulats d’el Sabor, in this era of covid-19 and all its flaws, are reaffirmed as the undisputed representatives of the sauce in Puerto Rico.
“We always recorded together. Now the system has been different because we’ve done the work in a smaller studio, which has taken us a long time. The current recordings have been sacrificed because we can’t all be together, to comply with all the protocols “This is The Combo of the World and the video we filmed on the networks is a different language,” Ithier told the spokesman.
He also mentioned that they are very busy and will have a cruise tour, in celebration of their 60th anniversary.
“That of us is to play in Puerto Rico and if they ask us to do it every day, and for charity as well,” he added.
With the sympathy that characterizes him, Ithier expressed “I took off this (the mask) at the press conference because my voice is not sympathetic. I feel pretty good health at the age of 95; and I’m eating well.” .
As their musical work has been constituted by traveling around the world, as when they celebrated their 50th anniversary which took them to Japan and China, they are now planning their trips to Central and South America, United States. United and three other continents by 2022. This tour will be titled 60 Years by Its People.
The veteran director did not stop talking about the boricuas reguetoneros, since they have shared platform to other nations.
“Salsa is the music we speak in Spanish. Reggaeton players have achieved universal success, but what they sing is their identity. The Great Combo as far as the traditional is innovative,” Ithier said.
In the middle of the press conference, held yesterday at the Tourism Company, a greeting was received from Hong Kong where they were listening to Ithier. With his usual sense of humor, he replied: “I asked to be for 125 for years and I’m 95, so I’m missing …”.