Gilberto Santa Rosa and Jose Alberto "El Canario"

Gilberto Santa Rosa is one of the most esteemed, and certainly one of the most tradition-minded, soneros to rise to fame in the 1980s, and his popularity and acclaim only increased in subsequent decades, as did his stateliness. His style of salsa isn't easily categorized, for he often changes approach from one album to the next. His straight-ahead, dance-oriented albums (e.g., Perspectiva , Auténtico ) as well as his eclectic ones (Esencia , Expresión ) tend to be his most critically celebrated. On the other hand, his lavish albums (A Dos Tiempos de un Tiempo , De Cara al Vien...