Jazz Articles about Santana

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Santana III: Legacy Edition

by Doug Collette
April 15, 2006

Santana Santana III: Legacy Edition Legacy 2006

Carlos Santana is now revered as a guitar hero and symbol of musical diversity like few, if any, living figures in contemporary music. The San Francisco native took a decidedly circuitous route to this prestigious position, notwithstanding the commercial slant of his most recent, Grammy-award-winning blockbusters.

In the autumn of 1971, the band to which Carlos Santana had given his name were at the zenith of commercial ...

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Santana: Live at the Fillmore '68

by Douglas Payne
May 1, 1997

Live at the Fillmore '68 is an outstanding and welcome glimpse into the exciting musical invention of one of rock's most musically creative groups, Santana. It also offers much for jazz listeners to appreciate. At this point in the band's evolution it was called the Santana Blues Band and this quintet of young, talented and broad-minded musicians (featuring talented B-3 grinder / vocalist Greg Rolie) was still one of San Francisco's best kept secrets. What is most striking (especially on ...