Santana - Santana (1969)

Seguimos a puro rock chicano, y a puro Santana, gracias a Sandy que salva las papas del fuego en esta etapa que se llama "enquilombado con el trabajo y volviendo de vacaciones".

Artista: Santana
Álbum: Santana
Año: 1969
Género: Jazz Rock / Fusion / Chicano Rock
Duración: 37:02
Nacionalidad: Estados Unidos

Lista de Temas:
1. Waiting (4:04)
2. Evil Ways (3:56)
3. Shades of Time (3:13)
4. Savor (2:45)
5. Jingo (4:21)
6. Persuasion (2:35)
7. Treat (4:43)
8. You Just Don't Care (4:35)
9. Soul Sacrifice (6:38)

Alineación:

- Gregg Rolie / Keyboards/Vocals
- Michael Shrieve / Drums
- David Brown / Bass
- Michael Carabello / Congas
- Jose 'Chepito' Areas / Timbales, congas, percussion
- Carlos Santana / guitars, vocals

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Wikipedia dice:

Santana es el álbum debut en formato LP del grupo de rock de San Francisco (California), Santana, publicado en 1969.
El álbum fue grabado durante el mes de mayo de 1969, en San Mateo (California), Estados Unidos. Contiene una mezcla de rock y música latina, desarrollada en forma de jam session, repleta de improvisaciones, individuales y colectivas, aunque, por indicación del entonces manager de la banda, Bill Graham, se desarrollaron algunos de los temas de forma más convencional. La crítica recibió el disco con grandes alabanzas (la revista Rolling Stone, llegó a decir que Santana hacía por la música latina lo que Chuck Berry había hecho por el blues).

La música de Santana impactó en el Festival de Woodstock, celebrado en agosto de 1969, un mes antes del lanzamiento del disco. El single "Evil Ways", extraído del álbum, llegó al Top 10 de Billboard.

En 2003, estaba situado en el puesto nº 150 de la lista de la revista Rolling Stone.2 En 2004 se re-editó el disco con añadidos procedentes de Woodstock y tomas de las sesiones de grabación inicialmente no incorporadas.

De este álbum se han hecho 29 versiones en todo el mundo.

El corte "Evil Ways" que aparece en el disco de Santana es una canción de Clarence "Frogman" Henry, cantante de rhythm and blues de Nueva Orleáns. La canción fue popularizada también por el percusionista Willie Bobo y después por Santana. Por error, en el disco de Santana se acreditó a Jimmie Zack, artista de rockabilly del Medio Oeste de los Estados Unidos que había grabado en 1960 otra canción del mismo nombre con su grupo: Jimmie Zack and The Blues Rockers.

Progarchives dice:

Santana biography

Best known the world over for the group that bears his name, Carlos Santana has been reinventing and reshaping the landscape of the known universe's musical culture for close to four decades. A visionary artist with no regards for genre boundaries, Carlos' fluid sound long ago laid claim to the concept of "world music" before the term ever surfaced on pop culture radar. Having evolved and expanded for over four decades, the "Carlos" sound could well be on its way to becoming interplanetary music.

Born in Autlan de Navarro, Mexico-where there's now a street and public square in his name--to the son of a virtuoso Mariachi violinist, Carlos followed in his father's musical footsteps, taking up the violin at the age of five. It was when his family moved to Tijuana several years later, however, that Santana began his lifelong relationship with the instrument that would make him a musical icon--the guitar.
In 1961, Carlos made the border crossing moving from his native Mexico to San Francisco. A few years later, he formed the Santana Blues Band there, and the cool, soulful riffs and rhythms of his Latin-blues based sound found an audience eager for his innovative musical ideas. Carlos and company emerged as giants of the era-defining Bay Area music scene of the late '60s, and their fame grew far beyond its parameters while their artistry remained true to its free-flying spirit.

Massive success quickly followed. By the end of the decade, Carlos had played to packed houses on a cross-country tour, performed on the venerable Ed Sullivan Show, and made an indelible global mark with Santana's legendary, crowd-detonating performance at the original Woodstock festival in 1969.

He has not slowed down since: On a roll from his Woodstock performance his debut album shot up the chart bringing in a high-power fusion of rock and Latin beats. The next two albums duplicate the formula every time increasing his profile and winning over fans. With Caravanserai, the group changed directions developing a stunning jazz-rock and the album remains one of the textbook case of fusion music. This prompted Carlos Santana to start a solo career with collaborations with Buddy Miles, John Mc Laughlin (the superb Love, Devotion, Surrender) and Alice Coltrane (the no-less superb Illuminations), while his group was still releasing strong albums like Welcome, Borboletta. By the Mid-70's Santana was cruising effortlessly with a string of albums that were easily identified by the public: Moonflower, Amigos each provided huge hits while developing sophisticated fusion music. By the end of the decade however, and the numerous personnel changes, the group started losing a bit of focus.
Commercial success came back with singer Alex Ligterwood (ex-Brian Auger's Oblivion Express) being hired for the Marathon album. The 80's provided Santana many successful moments, but by the end of the decades his fortunes were again decreasing. Through certain collaborations, he remained in the spotlight and became a hero when appearing on John Lee Hooker's The Healer album. Carlos and his group cruised the 90's without much worries and his latest albums have been selling millions worldwide. But by this time, his music is much less interesting to progheads.

Less publicized, but equally as profound as his artistic legacy, is Santana's long history of social activism and contributions time and funds to humanitarian causes. As a culmination of his decades of support for countless charities and non-profit agencies the world over, he and his wife of 30+ years, Deborah Santana, founded their Milagro Foundation in 1998. With over $1.8million in grants to date, Milagro supports organizations promoting the welfare of underserved children in the areas of health, education, and the arts. More recently Santana has become deeply involved in the fight against the AIDS pandemic in South Africa through a partnership with ANSA - Artists for New South Africa. Other organizations he has championed include Hispanic Education and Media Group, Doctors Without Borders, Save the Children, Childreach, Rainforest Action Network, Greenpeace, American Indian College Fund, Amnesty International, and the Los Angeles-based Museum of Tolerance