LATIN AMERICAN MODEL

Estefan waited to make a classic album until "have counted on
enough springs," she confirms, "because there are so many
ballads that require experiences for a release with an adequate
credibility."
The concept really accelerated during a dinner with the board of
the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, where Shelly
Berg, who made artistic production and musical arrangements for
artists like Patti Austin, Elliot Smith and Arturo Sandoval, serves
as rector.
As we sat at the piano just for having fun he asked me to sing a
song which I had presented 30 years ago during our first
performance at the Carson Show, "says Estefan, recalling her
presentation of "Conga", which was her first resounding success
with Miami Sound Machine in 1985.During this broadcast of The
Tonight Show she also sang "Good Morning Heartache," the
classic of Billie Holiday, which is now part of The Standards.