This sounds like it could be a very enjoyable album from the 30 second samples that I have heard. I have always loved that latin conga sound and Neal Schon sounds like he is playing some really lovely solos on this record.

Has anyone ever heard this album in its entirety and would you recommend it?

I've never heard the album, but I am aware of the band and album.

Wikipedia tells us this -

'Abraxas Pool' is a 1997 album by ex-Santana members Mike Shrieve, Neal Schon, Gregg Rolie, Jose "Chepito" Areas, Micheal Olatunji, and Michael Carabello.'


Basically the classic early Santana line-up minus Carlos then.

Probably worth getting if you're a major Santana fanor Santana completist.

There was also a band called Malo in the '70s.

Here's what Wiki says about them -

'Malo was a Latin based Rock and Roll group. The San Fransisco-based ensemble wasa led by Jorge Santana, the brother of famed Latin-Rock guitarist Carlos Santana. Malo had a Top 20 hit with the song "Suavecito" in 1972. Lead singer Arcello Garcia, Jr., and guitarist Abel Zarate gave Malo a distinctive two-guitar sound, with intricate harmony and dual solos the norm. The band featured full horn and percussion sections, in the style of contemporary bands Blood, Sweat and Tears, Chicago and others. Some of the best musicians in the bay area played in Malo, including Forrest Buchtel, Jr. and Tom Harrell in the trumpet section. Their songs had a huge following in Central and South America, especially Chevere, Nena, Pana, Cafe and Oye Mama. A well-documented rift in the mid-1970's saw the group eliminate the white musicians in favor of an entirely Chicano band. The band still tours today with the original three leaders. Buchtel went on to play with Blood, Sweat and Tears, Jaco Pastorius and Woody Herman - Harrell has become one of the most lyrical trumpet soloists of all-time, working often with saxophonist Phil Woods.'

Never heard these either, but might be worth getting something of them cheap if poss.