I just got into the music of Carlos Santana recently......I downloaded some ov the earlier songs, Very smooth and great groove. it's very layed back classic rock with latin flavour. I have an assignment in Spanish class this Thursday [which must be about Spanish music artists] and I'm choosing to base it on him.

what do you guys think?

Hi us eto kick ass in 60ties blues and such kind of muisc, its so awsome, but i totaly dont like modern Santana , Black magc women(even its Fleetwood mac song) are best his period

@K7: yeah nowadays Carlos Santana tends to do alot of collaberations with chart-topping artists doesn't he What ever happened to his origional band?

All of his solos sound the same. And he is so overplayed over here.

But I used to like him.

@Sunioj: solos sounding the same.....I guess they are generic to each other, but that's the latin rock style......haha even Bahamian radios play his new song. But yeah his new songs cannot hold a candle to the classic stuff.

One of the most wonderful guitarist ever, and the Santana'sa performance in woodstock blow away many rock acts in history, just check the Mike Shrieve Drum solo!

Santana's a really good guitarist. But yeah, his new songs are nothing compared to his old stuff. I'm not exactly sure what year it is, but Europa (Earth's Cry, Heaven's Smile) is one of my favorites by him.

The only album i do enjoy by carlos is the one he made with john mclaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra): "Love Devotion Surrender", great record have on vinyl xD

Ive never listened to one of his albums but I love his work with Mana, specially
"Justicia, Tierra y Libertad", his colaboration with Steven Tyler is cool too

Is Santana instrumental ?

Written by FOOCK Nam on 27.01.2010 at 12:36

Is Santana instrumental ?

No, Santana is not instrumental; but he's got many instrumental songs.

As for his music, i like his early and 70s works; I also like his collaboration with blues guitarist John Lee Hooker (just listen to JLH - Chill out song).

Seeing Santana live when they get into a really intense instrumental groove is hypnotic though...

I always knew of him because my dad is a fan but I never really bothered to listen to him. However, when I started listening to Jazz I started to get an appreciation for a lot of different types of music and I was turned onto Santana's Latin Jazz Fusion. What's there to say? The music is very smooth. A great mixture of various sounds from all different cultures. I've listened to a lot of Abraxas and a little of Caravanserai as well as Love Devotion Surrender. The latter is a great collaboration between Carlos and the legendary John McLaughlin. It's a fantastic album and a beautiful tribute to the late great John Coltrane. Such a treasure trove of music out there.

Santana is a pretty cool guy, eh plays guitar and doesnt afraid of anything

I saw him live on July 28th. He put on a damn good show! Steve Winwood opened up for him. He also was great live as well.