16th Salsa Festival — Madison Square Garden, New York, 1991

Filmed live concert of the 16th Salsa Festival at Madison Square Garden in New York, in 1991. This historic capture documents one of the great gatherings of New York salsa, in the era when the genre — born in the clubs of the South Bronx — was shining on the biggest stages. The programme notably features the farewell performance of Richie Ray & Bobby Cruz, an emblematic salsa duo, in a set that sets the room alight. Across the show, orchestras and singers follow one another before a captivated audience, in the high-voltage atmosphere typical of the Garden’s salsa festivals. This complete concert is a precious testimony to the 1990s Latin scene and the vitality of salsa in New York, its historic capital. Worth (re)discovering for the quality of the arrangements, the energy of the horns and the fervour of a live dance night. An essential document for lovers of Latin music and vintage salsa.