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The Essential Santana
''The Essential Santana'' is a compilation album by Santana, released on October 22, 2002. The collection is part of a series of ''Essential'' sets released by Columbia Records. Uniquely among Santana compilations, " Soul Sacrifice" is included in the studio version from their first album, not the live performance from Woodstock. The compilation contains no songs from the highly successful ''Supernatural'' album, despite it being released 3 years before this album. This is because Columbia and Santana's current label Arista Records were not under common ownership at the time. In 2013, Sony issued another "Essential Santana" 2-CD set which truncates the original's repertoire and does include music from the Arista era, as well as the live Woodstock version of "Soul Sacrifice". Track listing Disc one #" Jingo" (Babatunde Olatunji) – 4:22 #"Evil Ways" ( Clarence "Sonny" Henry) – 3:56 #" Soul Sacrifice" (Carlos Santana, Gregg Rolie, David Brown, Marcus Malone) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santana (band)
Santana is an American Rock Music, rock band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1966 by Mexican-born guitarist Carlos Santana. The band has undergone various recording and performing line-ups in its history, with Santana being the only consistent member. After signing with Columbia Records, the band's appearance at the Woodstock Festival in 1969 increased their profile and they went on to record the critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums ''Santana (1969 album), Santana'' (1969), ''Abraxas (album), Abraxas'' (1970) and ''Santana (1971 album), Santana III'' (1971). These were recorded by the group's "classic" line-up, comprising lead vocalist Gregg Rolie, percussionists José Areas, José "Chepito" Areas and Michael Carabello, drummer Michael Shrieve and bassist David Brown (American musician), David Brown. Hit songs of this period include "Evil Ways (Santana song), Evil Ways" (1970), "Black Magic Woman" (1970), "Oye Como Va" (1971) and the instrumental "Samba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jin-go-lo-ba
"Jin-go-lo-ba" (or "Jingo") is a song by Nigerian percussionist Babatunde Olatunji, featured on his first album '' Drums of Passion'' (1959). In Yoruba (Olatunji's native language) it means, "Do not worry." The song featured "African-derived rhythms and chants" along with "swooping orchestration". In his autobiography, Olatunji said that this was the only song on his first album that he claimed formal ownership of, meaning that it was the only song he received royalties for. American disc jockey Francis Grasso described the song as "rhythmically sensual". Usage in media The Fatboy Slim version is featured on '' Just Dance'' (2009) and '' Just Dance: Greatest Hits'' (2012). It was also featured on '' Just Dance 3'' (2011) as a downloadable track for the Xbox 360 but became unavailable for purchase following the removal of most DLCs from the Xbox 360 Marketplace on August 20, 2023. Cover versions It has been covered by Serge Gainsbourg, under the title "Marabout" and with no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraxas (album)
''Abraxas'' is the second studio album by American Latin rock band Santana. It was released on September 23, 1970, by Columbia Records and became the band's first album to top the ''Billboard'' 200 in the United States. In 2020, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked the album number 334 on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Title The title of the album originates from a line in Hermann Hesse's 1919 book ''Demian'', quoted on the album's back cover: "We stood before it and began to freeze inside from the exertion. We questioned the painting, berated it, made love to it, prayed to it: We called it mother, called it whore and slut, called it our beloved, called it Abraxas..." Songs Carlos Santana had been interested in Fleetwood Mac's leader and songwriter Peter Green, having seen him perform at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, and decided to cover the band's song " Black Magic Woman" (both had also been influenced as guitarists by B.B. King). The band added a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tito Puente
Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. (April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000), commonly known as Tito Puente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, timbalero, and record producer. He composed dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz music. He was also known as “El Rey de los Timbales,” or “The King of the Timbales.” Puente and his music have appeared in films including ''The Mambo Kings'' and Fernando Trueba's '' Calle 54''. He guest-starred on television shows, including ''Sesame Street'' and ''The Simpsonss two-part episode " Who Shot Mr. Burns?". Early life Puente was born on April 20, 1923, at Harlem Hospital Center in the New York borough of Manhattan, the son of Ernest and Felicia Puente, Puerto Ricans living in New York City's Spanish Harlem. His family moved frequently, but he spent the majority of his childhood in Spanish Harlem. Puente's father was the foreman at a razor blade factory. His family called him , Spanish for Little Ernest, and this became shortened to " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oye Como Va
Oye is Spanish for "hey" or "listen". Oye or Oye! or OYE may refer to: Geography *Oye, Ekiti, a town and LGA in Ekiti State. *Oye-Plage, a commune in Pas-de-Calais, France *Oyes, a commune in Marne, France People *Kenneth A. Oye, an American political scientist Film *Oye (film), ''Oye'' (film), a 2009 Telugu film directed by Anand Ranga *''Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!'', a 2008 film Music *Premios Oye!, music award Albums *Oye (Aterciopelados album), ''Oye'' (Aterciopelados album), 2006 Songs *Oye! (Gloria Estefan song), "Oye!" (Gloria Estefan song) *"Oye", the Spanish version of the Beyoncé song "Listen (Beyoncé song), Listen" *Oye (Pitbull song), "Oye" (Pitbull song), 2000 song by rapper Pitbull from the ''2 Fast 2 Furious'' soundtrack (2003) *"Oye", by Enrique Guzmán and César Costa *"Oye" by Willie Colón *"Oye" by El Tri (band), El Tri *"Oye" by Raphael (singer) *"Oye" by Ana Gabriel *"Oye" by Arthur Hanlon *"Oye" by Ilegales *"Oye" by Pimpinela *"Oye" by Martina Stoessel * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gábor Szabó
Gábor István Szabó (March 8, 1936 – February 26, 1982) was a Hungarian-American guitarist whose style incorporated jazz, pop, rock, and Music of Hungary, Hungarian music. Early years Szabó was born in Budapest, Budapest, Hungary. He began playing guitar at the age of 14. In the aftermath of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Hungarian revolution of 1956, he moved to California, United States, and later attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston between 1958 and 1960. In a 1974 interview, Szabo said he fell in love with jazz listening to Voice of America: "I had to listen to the jazz stations very quietly at night--if they were not jammed--because listening to music from the Western world was an offense against the government." When the Soviet Union militarily suppressed Hungarian insurgents, Szabo was twenty. He escaped to an Austrian refugee camp, later emigrating to San Bernardino. He found it challenging to break into jazz. He formed a trio with two other refugees. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Green (musician)
Peter Allen Greenbaum (29 October 194625 July 2020), known professionally as Peter Green, was an English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist who was the founder and original leader of the band Fleetwood Mac. Green formed the group in 1967 after a stint in John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers and quickly established the new band as a popular live act in addition to a successful recording act, before departing in 1970. Green's songs, such as "Albatross (instrumental), Albatross", "Black Magic Woman", "Oh Well (song), Oh Well", "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" and "Man of the World (song), Man of the World", appeared on singles charts and several have been adapted by a variety of musicians. Green was a major figure in the "second great epoch" of the British blues movement. Eric Clapton praised his guitar playing and B. B. King commented, "He has the sweetest tone I ever heard; he was the only one who gave me the cold sweats." His trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Magic Woman
"Black Magic Woman" is a song written by British musician Peter Green, which first appeared as a single for his band Fleetwood Mac in 1968. Subsequently, the song appeared on the 1969 Fleetwood Mac compilation albums '' English Rose'' (US) and '' The Pious Bird of Good Omen'' (UK), as well as the later ''Greatest Hits'' and '' Vintage Years'' compilations. In 1970, the song was released as the first single from Santana's album ''Abraxas''. The song, as sung by Gregg Rolie, reached number four on the US and Canadian charts, and its chart success made Santana's recording the better-known version of the song. The song was also covered by former Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch on his 2006 album '' His Fleetwood Mac Years and Beyond, Vol. 2''. Although Welch was not a member of the group at the time of the original recording, he had performed a number of Peter Green's songs during his time with the band, including "Black Magic Woman". Composition "Black Magic Woman" was written by P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Malone
Marcus "The Magnificent" Malone (July 29, 1944 – October 12, 2021) was an American percussionist and a founding member of the Latin rock band Santana (band), Santana. Life and career Malone was born in Memphis, Tennessee. The band Santana (band), Santana - originally known as the Santana Blues Band - was formed in 1966 in San Francisco with Malone as a percussionist specializing in Latin instruments. Guitarist Carlos Santana and bassist David Brown (American musician), David Brown credited Malone with inspiring the band's early improvisational approach on tracks like "Jin-go-lo-ba, Jingo".Ben Fong-Torres, "The Resurrection of Santana", ''Rolling Stone'', December 7, 1972 Retrieved 27 October 2021 The group found little success in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Brown (American Musician)
David Brown (February 15, 1947 – September 4, 2000) was an American musician. He was the bass player for the band Santana from 1967 until 1971, then again from 1974 until 1976. Brown played in Santana at Woodstock and at Altamont in 1969 and on the band's first three studio albums before leaving after the "Closing of the Fillmore West" gig on July 4, 1971. In 1974, he rejoined for the album '' Borboletta'' and remained with the band for the follow-up '' Amigos'' before leaving again in the spring of 1976. In 1998, Brown was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Santana. Early life Brown was born February 15, 1947 to an African-American family in New York City. His father was a Baptist preacher. The family moved to Bayview–Hunters Point, San Francisco, where Brown was raised with Sly Stone as his neighbor. He sang and played bass in church. Rock organist Billy Preston was his second cousin. Brown formed a doo-wop group when he was 14, and played bass wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregg Rolie
Gregg Alan Rolie (born June 17, 1947) is an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter. Rolie served as lead singer of the bands Santana (band), Santana and Journey (band), Journey – both of which he co-founded. He also helmed rock group The Storm (American band), the Storm, performed in Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band until 2021, and since 2001 with his Gregg Rolie Band. Rolie is a two-time inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, having been inducted both as a member of Santana in 1998 and as a member of Journey in 2017. Career Rolie was born in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington, United States. Prior to Santana, he played with a group called William Penn and His Pals while attending Ellwood P. Cubberley High School, Cubberley High School in Palo Alto, California 1965, his senior year. In 1966, Rolie joined Carlos Santana and others to form the Santana Blues Band, which was later shortened simply to Santana (band), Santana. As a co-founding member of Santana, Rolie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Santana
Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the Rock music, rock band Santana (band), Santana. Born and raised in Mexico where he developed his musical background, he rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the United States with Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and roll and Latin jazz, Latin American jazz. Its sound featured his melodic, blues-based lines set against Latin American and African rhythms played on percussion instruments not generally heard in Rock music, rock, such as timbales and congas. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. In 2015, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine listed Santana at No. 20 on their list of the 100 greatest guitarists. In 2023, ''Rolling Stone'' named him the 11th greatest guitarist of all time. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, and was inducted along with his namesake band into the Rock and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
