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Sonora Ponceña -
Back to the Road (2004)

The classic sound of one of Puerto Rico’s most hallowed dance bands is characteristically bold and brassy on this 13-track feast of salsa pura. Pianist and leader Enrique “Papo” Lucca Jr turns conga player Willito López loose for a nice romp on “Con tres tambores batá” and renders a flashy, salsa-style rework of “Mack The Knife,” and turns the jazz standard “Nica’s Dream” into a stylish Latin jazz foray.

1. caprichosa
2. pensandolo bien
3. gracias senor
4. con mana si
5. de la mata son
6. lejania
7. como mango
8. mack the knife
9. el alacran
10. cenizas
11. verde luz
12. con tres tambores bata
13. nicas dream