"Piano" is a song written by Manny Benito and Jorge Luis Piloto and performed by Cuban musician
Paquito Hechavarría
Paquito Hechavarría (21 February 1939 – 27 September 2012) was a Cuban pianist. Hechavarría built his career in Cuba by playing in some of the most popular orchestras, including Conjunto Casino, Orquesta Riverside and Los Armónicos. However, h ...
for his studio album of the same name. The song features Cuban singer
Rey Ruiz
Rey Ruiz (Reinerio Ruiz born June 21, 1966 in La Lisa, Havana, Cuba) is a salsa singer from Cuba. Ruiz reached international fame across Latin America, Europe and among Hispanic music fans in the United States.
Biography
Rey Ruiz demonstrated a ...
as the lead vocalist while an
instrumental
An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to instru ...
version of the song was included the album as well. The ''
Cashbox'' critic Héctor Reséndez felt that the song "has all the right ingredients for success in the
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
and
tropical music
Tropical music ( es, música tropical) is a term in the Latin music, Latin music industry that refers to music genres deriving from or influenced by the Spanish-speaking areas of the Caribbean. It includes the islands of Music of Cuba, Cuba, Music ...
markets". However, Fernando Gonzalez of the ''
Miami Herald
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'' called it a "generic salsa" and regarded Hechavarría's performance as "exact, if constrained, playing throughout. The track was recognized as one of the best-performing songs of the year at the 1996
ASCAP
The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadca ...
Latin Awards.
Charts
Year-end charts
See also
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List of Billboard Tropical Airplay number ones of 1994 and 1995
References
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Songs about pianos
1994 singles
1994 songs
Rey Ruiz songs
Songs in Spanish