Caravanserai

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Santana: Carlos Santana (vocals, guitar, percussion); James Mingo Lewis (vocals, piano, bongos, congas, percussion); Rico Reyes (vocals); Doug Rauch (guitar, bass); Douglas Rodrigues, Neal Schon (guitar); Hadley Caliman (saxophone); Gregg Rolie (piano, organ); Wendy Haas, Tom Coster (piano); Tom Rutley (acoustic bass); Mike Shrieve (drums); Jose "Chepito" Areas (bongos, timbales); Armando Peraza (bongos, percussion); Lenny White (castanets). Recorded in 1972. Originally released on Columbia (31610). Includes liner notes by Hal Miller. Personnel: Carlos Santana (vocals, spoken vocals, guitar, percussion); Gregg Rolie (vocals, piano, organ, keyboards); James Mingo Lewis (vocals, piano, congas, bongos, percussion); Tom Coster (vocals, electric piano, keyboards); Armando Peraza (vocals, bongos, percussion); Rico Reyes (vocals, percussion); Michael Shrieve (spoken vocals, drums); Doug Rauch (guitar, bass guitar); Douglas Rodrigues, Douglas Rodriguez, David Rodriguez, Neal Schon (guitar); Bob Fereira, Hadley Caliman, Mel Martin (saxophone); Tom Harrell (trumpet); Jules Powell (trombone); Wendy Haas (piano, keyboards); Tom Rutley (acoustic bass); Jose Chepito Areas (congas, bongos, timbales, percussion); Lenny White (castanets, percussion). Liner Note Author: Hal Miller. Recording information: 02/21/1972/05/05/1972. Author: Paramahansa Yogananda. Photographers: Baron Wolman; Joan Chase. Though there were hints of jazz fusion on Santana's first three albums, 1972's CARAVANSERAI introduced a dramatic shift in the band's sound, away from essentially pop-based music to a freer, more harmonically complex jazz/rock hybrid. In addition, the record marked a splintering of the original Santana lineup (soon to splinter further still with the departure of organist Gregg Rolie and guitarist Neal Schon, who then formed Journey). Seemingly unconcerned with the pursuit of hit singles, guitarist Carlos Santana and crew here turn in an exquisitely moody disc of mostly instrumental jamming with a brooding intensity akin to Miles Davis's classic BITCHES BREW, underscored by the San Francisco-based ensemble's trademark propulsive rhythms. The new approach reaches its apex on the fiery, Chick Corea-like "La Fuente Del Ritmo," which features future key Santana musicians Armando Pereza (percussion) and Tom Coster (piano). Also of note is bassist Doug Raunch, who replaces David Brown's meat-and-potatoes R&B playing with a more technically accomplished style that edges the group closer to Tower of Power territory. A dark and perhaps intentionally non-radio-friendly album that likely shocked many fans upon its release, CARAVANSERAI is an underrated, but important and fascinating, chapter in Santana's history.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)