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Thread started 04/08/16 12:46am

SoulAlive

Santana's new album is fantastic....listen to it here

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Reply #1 posted 04/08/16 1:01am

SoulAlive

"Leave Me Alone"

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Reply #2 posted 04/08/16 1:09am

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“We didn’t have to try to force the vibe – it was immense. From there, we then needed to come up with a balance of songs and jams that people would immediately identify as Santana,” Santana said of the reunited lineup’s first jam sessions. “When you can go back and break new ground with joy and determination – and some whoop-ass energy – it gets you going. I think we achieved something very rare. This music was screaming to come out of us. It wasn’t about nostalgia. It was about passion.”---Carlos Santana

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Reply #3 posted 04/08/16 4:45am

Empress

Thanks for these links. I'll be stopping by my record store very soon for this. It should be great!

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Reply #4 posted 04/08/16 6:03am

SoulAlive

The album is due next Friday (April 15) and I can't wait for my CD and 2-LP vinyl copy to arrive!
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Reply #5 posted 04/08/16 9:28am

JoeBala

Track listing

  1. "Yambu"

  2. "Shake It"

  3. "Anywhere You Want To Go"

  4. "Fillmore East"

  5. "Love Makes The World Go Round" (featuring Ronald Isley on vocals)

  6. "Freedom In Your Mind" (featuring Ronald Isley on vocals)

  7. "Choo Choo"

  8. "All Aboard"

  9. "Sueños"

  10. "Caminando"

  11. "Blues Magic"

  12. "Echizo"

  13. "Leave Me Alone"

  14. "You And I"

  15. "Come As You Are"

  16. "Forgiveness"

Just Music-No Categories-Enjoy It!
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Reply #6 posted 04/08/16 12:04pm

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Can't wait to get this album and see Santana perform in the fall. smile I'm assuming that Carlos is performing with the touring band and not the original line up on the new album. I hope he does some of the new songs on the tour as well as the old classics.

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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Reply #7 posted 04/08/16 1:57pm

SoulAlive

JoeBala said:

Track listing

  1. "Yambu"

  2. "Shake It"

  3. "Anywhere You Want To Go"

  4. "Fillmore East"

  5. "Love Makes The World Go Round" (featuring Ronald Isley on vocals)

  6. "Freedom In Your Mind" (featuring Ronald Isley on vocals)

  7. "Choo Choo"

  8. "All Aboard"

  9. "Sueños"

  10. "Caminando"

  11. "Blues Magic"

  12. "Echizo"

  13. "Leave Me Alone"

  14. "You And I"

  15. "Come As You Are"

  16. "Forgiveness"

It's so good to hear Ronald Isley's voice again....on a Santana album,no less!

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Reply #8 posted 04/08/16 2:08pm

SoulAlive

So far,the song "Choo Choo" seems to be my favorite headbang that's an explosive,dynamic track!

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Reply #9 posted 04/08/16 2:33pm

SoulAlive

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Reply #10 posted 04/08/16 3:01pm

Slave2daGroove

Thanks for the heads up! Definately on the list...

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Reply #11 posted 04/08/16 4:15pm

SoulAlive

The album is so good! Captures the vibe and the spirit of the first three Santana albums.This is gonna be my "summer album".It's got a very lively summertime vibe.
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Reply #12 posted 04/08/16 9:19pm

babynoz

This. Is. SWEET! cool

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Reply #13 posted 04/08/16 10:47pm

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I was going to wait for the album to come out...but I just couldn't resist listening now. Wow, they sound terrific. cool I'm really excited about seeing Santana this fall now. Just wish I could go to one of the concerts where the original album band will play. Two thumbs up! thumbs up!

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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Reply #14 posted 04/09/16 8:07am

SoulAlive

Santana IV CD/T-Shirt Package

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Reply #15 posted 04/09/16 12:28pm

luvsexy4all

exc ...still listening

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Reply #16 posted 04/09/16 2:26pm

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Carlos Santana on Reuniting His Band's Original Lineup for New Album 'Santana IV': 'There Was an Immediate Chemistry Again' (Song Premiere)

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The undeniably smooth, and "Smooth," flavor of "Leave Me Alone," the latest preview track from the forthcoming Santana IV album -- did not go unnoticed by the members of the reunited band.

"It does have that air to it," keyboardist-vocalist Greg Rolie tells Billboard. "When we first played it, Carlos put that melody on the front of it, and (Michael) Shrieve and I looked at each other and went, 'There it is!' And then I had to really come up to the party to make sure the lyrics were good and match up to the guitar, 'cause it soared right from the get-go."

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Drummer Shrieve, in fact, takes credit for getting "Leave Me Alone" started in the first place. "It was something I had sitting around and had worked on for a little while," he recalls. "It's not a complicated thing. It just felt good and felt like I could bring this to the guys and we could jam on it and they can really make it into something, which is exactly what happened."

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That process is what accounts for all 14 tracks on Santana IV, the first album sinceSantana III in 1971 to feature Santana, Rolie, Shrieve, percussionist Michael Carabello and guitarist Neal Schon, who went on to co-found Journey with Rolie. The reunion was spurred by Schon in 2013, initially as a collaboration between him and Santana which subsequently expanded into getting the band back together. The five musicians first got together at Santana's office/studio in Las Vegas, where he performs a periodic residency at the House of Blues, and the rehearsals were immediately fruitful.

"We started playing and it was like watching dolphins jump in the ocean again after being at Sea World or something," Santana remembers, "We just went in there and started jumping around and chirping and laughing, and before we knew it time just passed like crazy and we had the first 12 (songs) and then 24 and then 42, just jams of songs. There was an immediate chemistry again; When I close my eyes and I hear the sound emanating from everybody it is intact, who we are and what we do from the Fillmore and the Carousel and the Avalon Ballroom to Woodstock and beyond. This is the sound. We always made our music from jamming. We just play off each other, and that's exactly what happened this time, the same formula -- with more knowledge."

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Fleshed out by bassist Benny Rietveid and percussionist Karl Perazzo from Santana's current band, and by soul great Ronald Isley, who's a guest vocalist on two tracks,Santana IV comes out April 15. The group played an inaugural show on March 21 in Las Vegas and has three more dates lined up with Journey: April 13 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, April 16 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut and April 16 in Allentown, Pa. All parties hope to play more and to perhaps turn Santana IV into a going concern, but they're approaching it cautiously due to other commitments -- including the existing Santana band, Journey, Rolie's work with Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band and upcoming solo album, and Shrieve's projects with Spellbinder and the all-star Drums Of Compassion.

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"That's something that will develop," Santana says. "I would love to (do more), but it's not up to me. I'm not pushing things. I'll just see what everybody wants to do. We just did this (Santana IV) and we'll see. It's like Desmond Tutu says -- 'Work in progress, more as it develops.'"

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Shrieve, meanwhile, adds, "I would really like for that to happen. We'll see what happens with the reaction to the record when it's released and how everything goes. I hope we can tour with this band and do more than a handful of dates at some point, 'cause it is a rich little piece of chemistry here that we all share together -- not just history, but chemistry when we get together.

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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Reply #17 posted 04/10/16 3:45am

duccichucka

Prince's guitar chops are VERY similar to Santana's. Both like the Dorian mode alot.

My thing with Santana is that he's too polished now; I don't know, he still sounds
like he did ten years ago, twenty years, almost thirty years ago. But other guitar
gods like Jeff Beck continue to be explorative.

Maybe Santana likes his lane and if that's his preference, so be it.

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Reply #18 posted 04/10/16 11:37am

SoulAlive

I've really been enjoying listening to the stream of this album! This music puts a big smile on my face.Can't wait for Friday when my official copies arrive.This is a 100% pure Santana album.No unnecessary collaborations or rappers.Ronald Isley appears on two tracks and his vocals truly 'fit' those songs.Anyone who loves early Santana (particularly,the first three albums) will find much to enjoy on this album.With a whopping 16 tracks,Santana gives us a huge feast and it's delicious! Fiery rhythms,relentless percussion and of course,mindblowing guitar....it's all here.

Favorite songs: "Choo Choo","Freedom In Your Mind","Come As You Are","Leave Me Alone"

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Reply #19 posted 04/10/16 11:58am

SoulAlive

Something else: Certain artists are against "reunions" and collaborating with old bandmembers.They see it as "looking back" and they don't like the idea of nostalgia.Thankfully,Carlos Santana doesn't have that silly view.This new album is the most inspired Santana album in a while.

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Reply #20 posted 04/10/16 2:31pm

babynoz

SoulAlive said:

I've really been enjoying listening to the stream of this album! This music puts a big smile on my face.Can't wait for Friday when my official copies arrive.This is a 100% pure Santana album.No unnecessary collaborations or rappers.Ronald Isley appears on two tracks and his vocals truly 'fit' those songs.Anyone who loves early Santana (particularly,the first three albums) will find much to enjoy on this album.With a whopping 16 tracks,Santana gives us a huge feast and it's delicious! Fiery rhythms,relentless percussion and of course,mindblowing guitar....it's all here.

Favorite songs: "Choo Choo","Freedom In Your Mind","Come As You Are","Leave Me Alone"



It's the best Santana music I have heard in years. The chemistry he has with these guys is magical and can't be denied. I'm thrilled with this release. cool

Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise.
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Reply #21 posted 04/10/16 2:36pm

babynoz

SoulAlive said:

Something else: Certain artists are against "reunions" and collaborating with old bandmembers.They see it as "looking back" and they don't like the idea of nostalgia.Thankfully,Carlos Santana doesn't have that silly view.This new album is the most inspired Santana album in a while.



Forever lobbying for The Revolution? lol

Can't say they could ever hold a candle to Santana but hope springs eternal I guess...carry on, comfort

Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise.
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Reply #22 posted 04/10/16 2:46pm

SoulAlive

babynoz said:

SoulAlive said:

Something else: Certain artists are against "reunions" and collaborating with old bandmembers.They see it as "looking back" and they don't like the idea of nostalgia.Thankfully,Carlos Santana doesn't have that silly view.This new album is the most inspired Santana album in a while.



Forever lobbying for The Revolution? lol

Can't say they could ever hold a candle to Santana but hope springs eternal I guess...carry on, comfort

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Reply #23 posted 04/10/16 3:09pm

babynoz

^^ lol

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Reply #24 posted 04/10/16 4:08pm

free2bfreeda

thank you SoulAlive

awesome listening on a rainy california sunday.

"Blues Magic"

captured my spirit. nice compilation of the music of Carlos Santana and the other musicians.

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Reply #25 posted 04/10/16 4:17pm

SoulAlive

nod "Blues Magic" is nice! music

free2bfreeda said:

"Blues Magic"

captured my spirit.

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Reply #26 posted 04/10/16 5:21pm

SoulAlive

duccichucka said:

Prince's guitar chops are VERY similar to Santana's. Both like the Dorian mode alot.

My thing with Santana is that he's too polished now; I don't know, he still sounds
like he did ten years ago, twenty years, almost thirty years ago. But other guitar
gods like Jeff Beck continue to be explorative.

Maybe Santana likes his lane and if that's his preference, so be it.

Carlos is 68 years old and has been playing guitar most of his life.How much more is there for him to "explore" as a guitarist? smile He's got a "sound",it's familiar and I think that's OK.

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Reply #27 posted 04/10/16 10:50pm

SoulAlive

Carlos Santana talks about Ronald Isley appearing on the new Santana album

It turns out Ronald Isley's guest appearance on the upcoming Santana IV album was anything but random.

Carlos Santana tells Billboard that Isley's lead vocals on the tracks "Love Makes the World Go Round" and "Freedom in Your Mind" were outgrowths of another project, an album for Isley called The Power of Peace that Santana is helming and also features his wife, Cindy Blackman Santana, on drums and keyboardist Greg Phillinganes. "We completed a whole album -- we did 16 songs in four days and they're killer," says Santana, who had Isley's music played at his 2010 wedding to Blackman. "I said to Ronnie, 'Listen, I'm gonna be totally into, like a laser, honoring you, celebrating you and doing an album just to put the light on you. But I want to know in return, will you sing two songs on our album, on Santana IV. He said yes, so I wrote those two songs in 20 minutes at the Four Seasons in Miami." ------Billboard,April 10,2016

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Reply #28 posted 04/11/16 3:53am

duccichucka

SoulAlive said:

duccichucka said:

Prince's guitar chops are VERY similar to Santana's. Both like the Dorian mode alot.

My thing with Santana is that he's too polished now; I don't know, he still sounds
like he did ten years ago, twenty years, almost thirty years ago. But other guitar
gods like Jeff Beck continue to be explorative.

Maybe Santana likes his lane and if that's his preference, so be it.

Carlos is 68 years old and has been playing guitar most of his life.How much more is there for him to "explore" as a guitarist? smile He's got a "sound",it's familiar and I think that's OK.


Did you even read my post, Soul?

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Reply #29 posted 04/11/16 1:38pm

SoulAlive

Carlos Santana has got to be the busiest guy in the music world.In addition to doing this Santana reunion album (and some upcoming reunion tour dates this year),he's also writing and producing a new Ronald Isley album,The Power Of Peace.....plus he plans to perform with Supernova,a new jazz group he formed with Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter....and of course,there are some tourdates with his 'regular' Santana Band (including some dates with Journey),not to mention his House Of Blues residency deal in Las Vegas....does this guy get any sleep?! lol

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