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Encyclopedia > Abraxas (album)
Abraxas
Abraxas cover
Studio album by Santana
Released September 1970
Recorded April 18–May 2, 1970
Genre Latin rock
Length 37:18
Label Columbia
Producer Fred Catero and Carlos Santana
Professional reviews
Santana chronology
Santana
(1969)		 Abraxas
(1970)		 Santana (III)
(1971)

Abraxas is the second album by Santana, the popular latin rock n' roll group named after lead guitarist Carlos Santana. Consolidating their live success at the Woodstock Festival 1969, and the interest generated by their first album, Santana, the band took some time to issue this follow-up. Released in September 1970, the album's mix of salsa, blues, rock and roll, jazz and other influences made it a classic that defined Santana's early sound, and showed a musical maturation from their first album. Often considered Santana's greatest album[citation needed], it drew widespread appeal for its mixture of latin influences with familiar rock and roll themes such as overdriven electric guitar, organ and heavy drums. The album also demonstrates Santana's stylistic versatility, including tracks such as "Samba pa Ti" (a classic slow-burning, seductive piece)[1] and "Incident at Neshabur", both being instrumentals. The latter has several rhythm and time signature changes consistent with its jazz feel. Latin percussion - congas, bongos and timbales, as well as a conventional rock drum setup, make this Santana's first foray into true Latin rhythm.In 2003, the album was ranked number 205 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.. Cover of the Carlos Santana album Abraxas This is an album cover. ... A studio album is a collection of previously unreleased, studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... Devadip Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947), known simply as Carlos Santana or Santana, is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. ... is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Carlos Santana: Munich, Germany, 1975 Latin rock is a fusion of the rock music with the latin american rhythms and – also – with some instruments which are typical for this music like percussion, but also piano riffs known from son cubano or merengue. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... Robert Christgau (born April 18, 1942), is an American essayist, music journalist, and the self-declared Dean of American Rock Critics.[1] In print, his name is sometimes abbreviated as Xgau. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Devadip Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947), known simply as Carlos Santana or Santana, is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. ... Santana is the debut album released 1969 of the San Francisco rock group, led by guitar player Carlos Santana. ... Santana is the third album by Santana. ... Santana (originally the Santana Blues Band) is a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. ... Devadip Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947), known simply as Carlos Santana or Santana, is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. ... The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was a historic event held at Max Yasgurs 600 acre (2. ... Santana is the eponymously-titled debut album released 1969 of the San Francisco rock group, led by guitar player Carlos Santana. ... Salsa music is a Latin musical genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos. ... “Blues music” redirects here. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... This article is about the magazine. ... The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003. ...


The album achieved number 7 in the UK album charts[1]


The title of the album comes from a line from Herman Hesse's book Demian: Hermann Hesse Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877 – August 9, 1962) was a German author, and the winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize in literature. ... Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclairs Youth is a Bildungsroman by Hermann Hesse, first published in 1919, but a prologue was added in 1960. ...

"We stood before it and began to freeze inside from the exertion. We questioned the painting, berated it, made love to it, prayed to it: We called it mother, called it whore and slut, called it our beloved, called it Abraxas..."[citation needed]

In 1998 Sony published a remastered version, which included three previously unreleased live tracks: "Se A Cabo", "Toussaint L'Ouverture" and "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen," recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in April 18, 1970.


The album's cover features the 1961 painting Annunciation, by Mati Klarwein. Mati Klarwein (April 9, 1932 – March 7, 2002) was a German painter. ...


Track listing

  1. "Singing Winds, Crying Beasts" (Carabello) – 4:48
  2. "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" (Green/Szabo) – 5:24
  3. "Oye Como Va" (Puente) – 4:19
  4. "Incident at Neshabur" (Gianquinto/Santana) – 5:02
  5. "Se a Cabo" (Areas) – 2:51
  6. "Mother's Daughter" (Rolie) – 4:28
  7. "Samba Pa Ti" (Santana) – 4:47
  8. "Hope You're Feeling Better" (Rolie) – 4:07
  9. "El Nicoya" (Areas) – 1:32
  10. "Se A Cabo" (1998 Edition) – 3:47
  11. "Toussaint L'Ouverture" (1998 Edition) – 4:52
  12. "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" (1998 Edition) – 1:32

Black Magic Woman is a song written by Peter Green that first appeared on the 1969 Fleetwood Mac album English Rose (US) and The Pious Bird Of Good Omen (UK). ... Peter Green (born Peter Allen Greenbaum, October 29, 1946, in Bethnal Green, London) is a British blues-rock guitarist and founding member of the band Fleetwood Mac. ... Gabor rehearsing at his home in Los Angeles, 1974 Gábor Szabó (March 8, 1936 - February 26, 1982) was a jazz guitarist. ... Oye Como Va is a song written and composed by Latin jazz and mambo musician Tito Puente and popularized by Carlos Santanas cover of the song in 1970 on his album Abraxas, helping to catapult Santana into stardom with the song reaching #13 on the Billboard Top 100. ... Tito Puente Ernesto Antonio Puente Jr. ... Free-blown, wheel-cut carafes. ... Samba Pa Ti is an instrumental track from the Carlos Santana album Abraxas (it also later appeared on a compilation album entitled Samba Pa Ti). ...

Singles

  • 1970 - "Black Magic Woman"
  • 1971 - "Oye Como Va"
  • 1971 - "Hope You're Feeling Better"

Personnel

 v • d • e Santana
Current members: Carlos Santana • Andy Vargas • Tommy Anthony • Benny Rietveld • Chester Thompson • Bill Ortiz • Jeff Cressman • Raul Rekow • Karl Perazzo • Dennis Chambers

Former members: Vocals • Keyboards • Guitars • Bass • Drums • Percussion • Other instruments Michael Shrieve (born July 6, 1949, in San Francisco) is a U.S. drummer, percussionist, and later an electronic music composer. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... “Percussion” redirects here. ... A pair of congas The conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin, probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums. ... Timbales (or tymbales) are shallow single-headed drums, shallower in shape than single-headed tom-toms, and usually much higher tuned. ... Gregg Rolie (born June 17, 1947 in Seattle, Washington) is an American keyboardist, organist, and singer, who is one of the founding members of the bands Santana, Journey, The Storm, and Abraxas Pool, as well as his current Gregg Rolie Band. ... Piano, a well-known instance of keyboard instruments A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... David Brown played with Carlos Santana at Woodstock in 1969. ... The electric bass guitar (or electric bass) is a bass string instrument played with the fingers by plucking, slapping,popping or using a pick. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... An Audio Engineer is a person recording, editing, manipulating, mixing and mastering sound by technical means. ... “Percussion” redirects here. ... A pair of congas The conga is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum of African origin, probably derived from the Congolese Makuta drums. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... John Fiore is an American actor. ... An Audio Engineer is a person recording, editing, manipulating, mixing and mastering sound by technical means. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... Mati Klarwein (April 9, 1932 – March 7, 2002) was a German painter. ... “Percussion” redirects here. ... Devadip Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947), known simply as Carlos Santana or Santana, is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Robert Venosa is an Spanish American painter who lives in Boulder, Colorado. ... Santana (originally the Santana Blues Band) is a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. ... Devadip Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947), known simply as Carlos Santana or Santana, is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. ... Dennis Chambers is an American drummer who has recorded and performed with John Scofield, Steely Dan, Santana, Parliament/Funkadelic, John McLaughlin, Niacin, Mike Stern, and many others. ... Santana (originally the Santana Blues Band) is a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. ... Santana (originally the Santana Blues Band) is a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. ... Santana (originally the Santana Blues Band) is a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. ... Santana (originally the Santana Blues Band) is a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. ... Santana (originally the Santana Blues Band) is a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. ... Santana (originally the Santana Blues Band) is a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. ... Santana (originally the Santana Blues Band) is a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. ...

Discography

Santana albums: Santana • Abraxas • Santana III • Caravanserai • Welcome • Borboletta • Amigos • Festival • Inner Secrets • Marathon • Zebop! • Shango • Beyond Appearances • Freedom • Spirits Dancing in the Flesh • Milagro • Santana Brothers • Supernatural • Shaman • All That I Am Santana (originally the Santana Blues Band) is a flexible number of musicians accompanying Carlos Santana since the late 1960s. ... Santana is the debut album released 1969 of the San Francisco rock group, led by guitar player Carlos Santana. ... Santana is the third album by Santana. ... Caravanserai marked a major point in Santanas career, as it was a sharp departure from his critically acclaimed first three albums. ... Welcome followed the jazz-fusion formula that the preceding Caravanserai had followed, with a different lineup this time. ... Track listing Spring Manifestations - (Moreira, Purim) Canto des Flores - (Coster, Santana Band) Life Is Anew - (Sanatna, Shrieve) Give and Take - (Santana, Coster, Shrieve) One with the Sun - (Martini, Martini) Aspirations - (Coster, Santana) Practice What You Preach - (Santana) Mirage - (Patillo) Here and Now - (Peraza, Sanatan) Flor de Canela - (Santana, Rauch) Promise... Track listing Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermania) - (Chancler, Coster, Rubinson) Take Me With You - (Chancler, Coster) Let Me - (Santana, Coster) Gitano - (Peraza) Tell Me Are You Tired - (Chancler, Coster) Europa (Earths Cry Heavens Smile) - (Santana, Coster) Let It Shine - (Brown, Gardner) Categories: | ... Track listing Carnaval - (Coster, Santana) Let the Children Play - (Santana, Patillo) Jugando - (Santana, Areas) Give Me Love - (Tellez) Verão Vermelho - (Buzar) Let the Music Set You Free - (Santana, Coster, Patillo, Rubinson) Revelations - (Coster, Santana) Reach Up - (Santana, Coster, Patillo, Jackson) The River - (Santana, Patillo) Try a Little Harder - (Patillo... Track listing Dealer/Spanish Rose - (Capaldi/Santana) Move On - (Santana, Rhyne) One Chain (Dont Make No Prison) - (Lambert, Potter) Stormy - (Buie, Cobb) Well All Right - (Petty, Holly, Allison, Mauldin) Open Invitation - (Santana, Lambert, Potter, Walker, Margen) Life Is a Lady/Holiday - (Lambert/Santana) The Facts of Love - (Lambert, Potter... Marathon is a 1979 album from Santana. ... Zebop! is a 1981 album by Santana. ... Track listing The Nile - (Santana, Ligertwood, Rolie) Hold On - (Thomas) Night Hunting Time - (Brady) Nowhere to Run - (Ballard) Nueva York - (Santana, Lear, Rekow, Peraza, Ligertwood, Baker, Murgen, Vilato, Rolie) Oxun (Oshun) - (Santana, Ligertwood, Rolie, Lear, Peraza, Rekow, Vilato) Body Surfing - (Santana, Ligertwood) What Does It Take (to Win Your Love... Beyond Appearances is an album by Santana, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). ... Freedom is a 1987 album by Carlos Santana. ... Spirits Dancing in the Flesh was the last Santana album recorded for Columbia, and was seen as a guitar rock album compared to previous recordings. ... Milagro was dedicated to the lives of Miles Davis and Bill Graham, and was Santanas debut album on the Polydor label. ... This album was a collaboration between Carlos Santana, his brother Jorge, and his nephew Carlos Hernandez. ... Supernatural is a 1999 concept album by Santana. ... Shaman is the follow-up album to Santanas 1999 studio release Supernatural. ... All That I Am is the follow-up album to Santanas 2002 studio release Shaman. ...


Carlos Santana albums: Love Devotion Surrender • Illuminations • Oneness: Silver Dreams Golden Realities • The Swing of Delight • Havana Moon • Blues for Salvador Track listing A Love Supreme - (Coltrane) Naima - (Coltrane) The Life Divine - (McLaughlin) Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord - (trad. ... Track listing Guru Sri Chimnoy Aphorism - (Coster, Santana) Angel of Air/Angel of Water - (Coster, Santana) Bliss: the Eternal Now - (Coltrane) Angel of Sunlight - (Coster, Santana) Illuminations - (Coster, Santana) Categories: | | ... Oneness: Silver Dreams Golden Realities is a 1979 album by Santana. ... Track listing Swapan Tari - (Chimnoy) Love Theme from Spartacus - (North) Phuler Matan - (Chimnoy) Song for My Brother - (Santana) Jharna Kala - (Chimnoy) Gardenia - (Santana) La Llave - (Santana) Golden Hours - (Santana) Shere Khan, the Tiger - (Shorter) Categories: | ... Featuring covers of Bo Diddley & Chuck Berry songs and performances by Booker T & the MGs, Willie Nelson, and The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and also Carlos father Jose singing Vereda Tropical — a song Carlos had first heard when his father was serenading his mother following an argument. ... Dedicated to Carlos son, Salvador. ...


Live albums: Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live! • Lotus • Moonflower • Sacred Fire: Live in South America • Santana Live at the Fillmore • The Very Best of Santana (Live in 1968) Track listing Marbles - (McLaughlin) Lava - (Miles) Evil Ways - (Henry) Faith Interlude - (Miles, Santana) Them Changes - (Miles) Free Form Funkafide Filth - (Errico, Johnson, Miles) Categories: | | ... Track Listing Disc 1 Going Home A-1 Funk - (The New Santana Band) Every Step Of The Way - (Shrieve) Black Magic Woman - (Green) Gypsy Queen - (Szabo) Oye Como Va - (Puenta) Yours Is The Light - (Kermode) Batuka - (The Old Santana Band) Xibaba (She-Ba-Ba) - (Airto) Stone Flower (Introduction) - (Jobim) Waiting... Track listing Disc 1 Dawn Go Within - (Coster, Santana) Carnaval - (Coster) Let the Children Play - (Santana) Jugando - (Santana) Ill Be Waiting - (Santana) Zulu - (Santana, Coster) Bahia - (Santana, Coster) Black Magic Woman - (Green, Szabo) Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermania) - (Chancler, Coster, Rubinson) Europa - (Santana, Coster) Disc 2 Shes... Santana Live at the Fillmore is a live album by Santana, recorded between December 19 and December 22, 1968[1] and released in 1997. ... Recorded live prior to the release of thier first album Santana, The Very Best Of Santana (Live In 1968) was released only in australia in 2007. ...


Compilations: Santana Greatest Hits • Viva Santana! • The Big Jams • Persuasion • Samba Pa Ti • Best Instrumentals • The Essential Santana Track listing Evil Ways - (Henry) Jingo - (Olatunji) Hope Youre Feeling Better - (Rollie) Samba Pa Ti - (Santana) Persuasion - (Sanatan Band) Black Magic Woman - (Green) Oye Como Va - (Puente) Everythings Coming Our Way - (Santana) Se a Cabo - (Aereas) Everybodys Everything - (Santana, Moss, Brown) Categories: | ... Track listing Disc 1 Everybodys Everything Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen Guajira Jungle Strut Jingo Ballin Bambara Angel Negro Incident at Neshabur Just Let the Music Speak Super Boogie/Hong Kong Blues Song of the Wind Abi Cama Vilato Paris Finale Disc 2 Brotherhood Open Invitation Aqua Marine Dance... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and make it more accessible to a general audience, this article may require cleanup. ... Persuasion is an album by Carlos Santana released in 1992. ... Samba Pa Ti is a 1988 compilation album by Santana, subsequently re-released in 1995 by Alex Imports and Tristar. ... Samba Pa Ti Europa (Earths Cry Heavens Smile) I Love You Much Too Much Aqua Marine Bella Flor dLuna (Moonflower) Life Is a Lady/Holiday Full Moon Song of the Wind Tales of Kilimanjaro Love Is You Gurus Song Treat Blues for Salvador Soul Sacrifice Category... The Essential Santana is a compilation album by Santana, released on 10 September 2002. ...


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Abraxas (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (103 words)
Abraxas is the second album by Carlos Santana's psychedelic rock band Santana, released in September of 1970.
The album's mix of salsa, rock and roll, jazz and other influences have made it a classic psychedelic record.
Abraxas is generally considered the best album in Santana's career.
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