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Santana: Borboletta

In October 1974, “CBS” label released “Borboletta”, the sixth Santana studio album.  It was recorded in 1974, and was produced by Carlos Santana, Michael Shrieve and Tom Coster.

Personnel:

  • Carlos Santana– vocals, guitar, percussion, congas, gong
  • Leon Patillo– vocals, piano, electric piano, organ
  • Flora Purim– vocals
  • Jules Broussard – soprano and tenor saxophones
  • Tom Coster– piano, Hammond organ, electric piano, organ, Moog synthesizer
  • Stanley Clarke– bass guitar
  • David Brown– bass guitar
  • Michael Shrieve– drums
  • Leon “Ndugu” Chancler– drums
  • Airto Moreira– drums, percussion, sound effects, triangle, vocals
  • Armando Peraza– percussion, congas, bongos, soprano saxophone
  • José Areas– timbales, congas
  • Michael Carpenter – echoplex

Track listing:

  1. Spring Manifestations – Airto Moreira, Flora Purim
  2. Canto de los Flores – Tom Coster, Santana Band
  3. Life is Anew – Carlos Santana, Michael Shrieve
  4. Give and Take – Carlos Santana, Tom Coster, Michael Shrieve
  5. One With the Sun – Earlyrin Martini, Jerry Martini
  6. Aspirations – Tom Coster, Carlos Santana
  7. Practice What You Preach – Carlos Santana
  8. Mirage – Leon Patillo
  9. Here and Now – Armando Peraza, Carlos Santana
  10. Flor de Canela – Carlos Santana, Doug Rauch
  11. Promise of a Fisherman – Dorival Caymmi
  12. Borboletta – Airto Moreira

Santana: Festival

festival

In January 1977, “Columbia” label released “Festival”, the eight Santana studio album. It was recorded in 1976, and was produced by David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.

Personnel:

  • Carlos Santana – lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass, percussion
  • Oren Waters – lead and backing vocals
  • Maxine Willard Waters – lead and backing vocals
  • Francisco Zavala – lead and backing vocals
  • Leon Patillo – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, percussion, piano
  • Tom Coster– vocals, keyboards, percussion, synthesizer
  • Pablo Téllez – lead and backing vocals, bass, percussion
  • Paul Jackson– bass
  • Gaylord Birch – drums, percussion, tympani
  • José “Chepitó” Areas– conga, percussion, timbales
  • Raul Rekow – conga, percussion, backing vocals
  • Joel Badie – percussion, vocals, backing vocals
  • Julia Waters – backing vocals
  • Fred Catero– engineer
  • David Rubinson– engineer

Track listing:

  1. Carnaval – Tom Coster, Carlos Santana
  2. Let the Children Play – Leon Patillo, Carlos Santana
  3. Jugando – José Areas, Carlos Santana
  4. Give Me Love – Pablo Téllez
  5. Verão Vermelho – Nonato Buzar
  6. Let the Music Set You Free – Tom Coster, Leon Patillo, David Rubinson, Carlos Santana
  7. Revelations – Tom Coster, Carlos Santana
  8. Reach Up – Tom Coster, Leon Patillo, David Rubinson, Carlos Santana
  9. The River – Leon Patillo, Carlos Santana
  10. Try a Little Harder – Leon Patillo
  11. María Caracóles – Traditional