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  • Artist: Santana
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 1998, 2000, 2006, 2008
  • UPC: 074646549124
  • Item Number: SNY654912
  • Release date: 07/07/2009
  • 1. Batuka
  • 2. No One to Depend On
  • 3. Taboo
  • 4. Toussaint L'Overture
  • 5. Everybody's Everything
  • 6. Guajira
  • 7. Jungle Strut
  • 8. Everything's Coming Our Way
  • 9. Para los Rumberos
  • 10. Batuka [Live][Previously Unreleased][Bonus Track]
  • 11. Jungle Strut [Live][Previously Unreleased][Bonus Track]
  • 12. Gumbo [Live][Previously Unreleased][Bonus Track]
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Santana III by Santana on CD


Santana III is an album that undeservingly stands in the shadows behind the towering legend that is the band's second album, Abraxas. This was also the album that brought guitarist Neal Schon -- who was 17 years old -- into the original core lineup of Santana. Percussionist Thomas "Coke" Escovedo was brought in to replace (temporarily) José Chepitó Areas, who had suffered a brain aneurysm, yet who recovered quickly and rejoined the band. The rest were Carlos, organist Gregg Rolie, drummer Michael Schrieve, bassist David Brown, and conguero Michael Carabello. "Batuka" is the powerful first evidence of something being very different. The band was rawer, darker, and more powerful with twin leads and Schon's harder, edgier rock & roll sound paired with Carlos' blend of ecstatic high notes and soulful fills. It cooks -- funky, mean, and tough. "Batuka" immediately transforms itself into "No One to Depend On," by Escovedo, Carabello, and Rolie. The middle section is highlighted by frantic handclaps, call-and-response lines between Schon and Rolie, and Carlos joining the fray until the entire track explodes into a frenzied finale. And what's most remarkable is that the set just keeps on cooking, from the subtle slow burn of "Taboo" to the percussive jam workout that is "Toussaint l'Overture," a live staple in the band's set list recorded here for the first time (and featuring some cooking Rolie organ work at its beginning). "Everybody's Everything" is here, as is "Guajira" and "Jungle Strut" -- tunes that are still part of Santana's live show. With acoustic guitars, gorgeous hand percussion, and Santana's fragile lead vocal, "Everything's Coming Our Way" is the only "feel good" track here, but it's a fitting way to begin winding the album down with its Schon and Santana guitar breaks. The album ends with a completely transformed reading of Tito Puente's "Para los Rumberos," complete with horns and frantic, almost insanely fast hand drumming and cowbell playing. It's an album that has aged extremely well due to its spare production (by Carlos and the band) and its live sound. This is essential Santana, a record that deserves to be reconsidered in light of its lasting abundance and vision. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
  • Artist: Santana
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 1998, 2000, 2006, 2008
  • UPC: 074646549124
  • Item Number: SNY654912
  • Release date: 07/07/2009
  • Label: Col, Columbia, Columbia/Legacy, Sony Music Distribution
  • Genre: Rock
  • Style: Album Rock, Blues-Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Hard Rock, Latin Rock, Psychedelic, Rock & Roll
  • Album Time: 41:08
  • Group Member: Alex Ligertwood, Alphonso Johnson, Armando Peraza, Benny Rietveld, Buddy Miles, Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson, Chris Rhyme, Chris Solberg, Coke Escovedo, Curtis Salgado, David Brown, David Margen, Doug Rauch, Douglas Rodriguez, Graham Lear, Greg Errico, Greg Walker, Gregg Rolie, James Mingo Lewis, Joel Badie, Jorge Santana, José Chepitó Areas, Jules Broussard, Karl Perazzo, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, Leon Patillo, Leon Thomas, Luis Gasca, Luther Rabb, Michael Shrieve, Mike Carabello, Neal Schon, Orestes Vilató, Pete Escovedo, Raul Rekow, Richard Baker, Richard Kermode, Rico Reyes, Tom Coster, Tony Lindsay, Vorriece, Vorriece Cooper, Walfredo Reyes, Wendy Haas
  • Group Formed: 1966 in San Francisco, CA
  • SPARS Code: AAD

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Santana III Santana CD