Gilberto Santa Rosa and Tito Nieves

Gilberto Santa Rosa (aka "El Caballero de la Salsa") is one of the most esteemed and tradition-minded soneros to emerge from the 1980s boom; his popularity and acclaim only increased in subsequent decades. His style of salsa isn't easily categorized, for he often changes his approach from one album to the next. His straight-ahead, dance-oriented albums (1991's Perspectiva and 2004's Auténtico) as well as his eclectic ones (1996's Esencia, 1999's Expresión) tend to be his most critically celebrated. On the other hand, lavish albums such as A Dos Tiempos de un Tiempo (1992), De ...