Santana

 

Artist:   Santana
Origin:  San Francisco, California, USA
Genre:  Latin Rock, Blues Rock, Chicano Rock, Funk Rock, Hard Rock, Jazz Rock, Pop Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Original line-up:

Carlos Santana:  Guitar, Vocals, Percussion
Gregg Rolie:  Keyboards, Vocals
Marcus Malone:  Percussion
Michael Carabello:  Percussion
Gus Rodriguez:  Bass
Rod Harper:  Drums

Classic line-up:

Carlos Santana:  Guitar, Vocals, Percussion
Gregg Rolie:  Keyboards, Vocals
Jose "Chepito" Areas:  Timbales, Congas, Percussion
Michael Carabello:  Percussion
David Brown:  Bass
Michael Shrieve;  Drums 

Santana is a Latin Rock Band, founded in San Francisco in the late 1960s, by Carlos Santana.  The band first came to widespread of their performance in Latin Rock song "Soul Sacrifice" at Woodstock in 1969 and exposed their first album, also named Santana.  In 1998, the group was inducted into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.  The band has earned eight Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards.  Santana has sold more than 90 million records worldwide and making them one of the world's best-selling groups of all time.

Title:  Sentient (2025)

Genre:  Latin Rock, Blues Rock, Chicano Rock, Funk Rock, Hard Rock, Jazz Rock, Pop Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Label:  Candid 

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side 1:

 1.  Let The Guitar Play (feat. Darryl "DMC" McDaniels) (Radio Version) (4:55)

 2.  Stranger In Moscow (Live) (5:30)

 3.  Whatever Happens (with Michael Jackson) (4:56)

 4.  Please Don't Take Your Love (with Smokey Robinson) (Sentient Version) (5:05)

Side 2:

 1.  Get On (with Miles Davis & Paolo Rustichelli) (Sentient Version) (4:05)

 2.  Vers Le Soleil (with  Paolo Rustichelli) (Sentient Version) (4:30)

 3.  Coherence (with Cindy Blackman Santana) (4:44)

 4.  Blues For Salvador (5:57)

Personnel:

Carlos Santana:  Guitar on All Tracks, Whistle Solo on Track 1/3

Cindy Blackman Santana:  Drums on Tracks:  1/1, 2/3

Narada Michale Walden:  Keyboards on Track 1/1, Drums on Track 1/2

Lino Nicolosi:  Rhythm Guitar on Track 1/1

Pino Nicolosi:  Keyboards, Fender Rhodes on Track 1/1

Rossana Nicolosi:  Bass on Track 1/1

Dora Nicolosi:  Vocals on Track 1/1

Matthew Charles Heulitt:  Rhythm Guitar on Track 1/2

Angeline Saris:  Bass on Track 1/2

Frank Martin:  Keyboards on Track 1/2

Rick Williams:  Rhythm Guitar on Track 1/3

Stuart Brawley:  Whistle Solo

Mario Vasque:  Additional Background Vocals on Track 1/3

Mary Brown:  Additional Background Vocals on Track 1/3

Paolo Rustichelli:  Keyboards  on Tracks:  2/1, 2 

Matt Garrison:  Bass on Track 2/3

Chester Thompson:  Keyboards on Track 2/4

Special Guests:

Michael Jackson:  Lead Vocals, Background Vocals on Track 1/3

Smokey Robinson:  Vocals, 1/4

Miles Davis:  Trumpet on Track 2/1

Darryl "DMC" McDaniels:  Rap on Track 1/1

Sentient is the music's great collaborator album by Santana, released on March 28, 2025 by  Candid, featuring Special Guests:  Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson, Mies Davis, Darry "DMC" McDaniel.