Amanecer

Performer: Jon Secada
Artist: Gloria Estefan; Fernando Villalona
Engineer: Scott Canto; Alfred Figueroa; Javier Garza; Joel Numa; Tony Mardini
Producer: Emilio Estefan; Ricardo Gaitán; Alberto Gaitán; Jon Secada; Archie Pena; Jose Antonio Molina
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Personnel includes: Jon Secada (vocals); Gloria Estefan, Fernando Villalona (vocals); Leo Quintero (acoustic guitar); Archie Pena (cuatro, percussion, programming); Dan Warner, Manny Lopez (guitar); Pedro Alfonso (violin); Richard Fleischman, Debra Spring, Steve Svensson, Scott O'Donnell, Yang Xi, Michael McLeland (viola); Ed Calle (saxophone); Maros Campos (clarinet); Hernan "Teddy" Mulet (trumpet, trombone, keyboards); Ricardo Gaitan, Alberto Gaitan (keyboards, programming, background vocals); Doug Emery (keyboards); Julio Hernandez, Sal Cuevas (bass); Lee Levin (drums); Okil Medrano (congas); Lena Perez, Rita Quintero, Nicolas Tovar, Cheito Quinonez (background vocals). Producers includes: Emilio Estefan, Jon Secada, Archie Pena, Jose Antonio Molina, Ricardo Gaitan. Recorded at Crescent Moon Studios, The Hit Factory Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida. Personnel: Leo Quintero (guitar, acoustic guitar); Archie Pena (guitar, cuatro, bongos, surdo, percussion, programming); Manny L�pez (guitar, requinto); Dan Warner, Andres Castro (guitar); Herman "Teddy" Mulet (cuatro, trumpet, trombone, keyboards); Sal Cuevas, Julio Hernandez (bajo sexto); Orlando J. Forte, Carole Cole, Mei Mei Luo, Rafael Elvira, Erika Venable, Leonid Sigal, Denise Stillwell, Scott Flavin, Gennady Aronin, Huifang Chen, Gustavo Correa, Rochelle Skolnick, Glen Basham, Gerry Miller, Yein Hung, Joan Faigen, John DiPuccio, Bruce Wethey, Pedro Alfonso (violin); Scott ODonnell, Debra Spring, Tim Barnes , Deena Shapiro, Steve Svensson, Yang Xi (viola); David Cole, Ross Harbaugh, Susan Moyer, Claudio Jaffe, Chris Glansdorp (cello); Karen Dixon, Jeanne Tarrant (flute); Osvaldo Ayala (accordion); David Pharris, Marco Campos (clarinet); Robert Weiner (oboe); Ed Calle (saxophone); Jeff Kaye (trumpet); John David Smith, Jeffrey Meyer (French horn); Joe Barati, Dana Teboe, John Kricker (trombone); Michael Levine (piano, keyboards); Ricardo Gait�n, Alberto Gait�n (keyboards, programming, drum programming); Doug Emery (keyboards); Geoffrey Bowater (double bass); Okil "Fito" Medrano (congas); Richard Bravo (percussion). Audio Mixer: Roger Gonzalez. Recording information: Crescent Moon Studios, Miami, FL; The Hit Factory Criteria Studios, Miami, FL. Photographer: Andrew Melick. Arrangers: Ricardo Gait�n; Alberto Gait�n; Archie Pena; Jos� Antonio Molina. Amanecer is Latin pop at its very finest and most refined. This is no surprise, coming from one of the genre's MVPs, having served as both writer and vocalist for some of the industry's biggest hits for over a dozen years. Jon Secada transitions freely from the English-speaking world of adult contemporary to the Spanish-speaking Latin pop charts. This record, however, is sure to delight pop lovers from both sides of the language barrier. With both experience and education (B.A. and M.A. in jazz vocal performance from the University of Miami) in the pop/jazz realm, Jon certainly lacks the telltale vocal inflection and ornamentation that is characteristic of Cuban singers. But Amanecer never attempts nor pretends to be a salsa record. Instead, Jon croons and woos the listener with his cognac-smooth phrasing and lush string rich arrangements. Even the dance tracks present, fun though they are, are very Anglo-friendly, downbeat-oriented, and lacking swing. This pop masterpiece bears the Miami/Estefan mark and all the epic glory and shine that comes with that name. Like so many previous Secada releases, Amanecer aims to be a crowd-pleaser on a grand scale and, like all that came before, is sure to achieve its goal. Secada was born to chart and lives his birthright to the fullest with Amanecer. ~ Evan C. Gutierrez

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