Santana - Welcome flac album

Welcome is the fifth studio album by Santana, released in 1973. It followed the jazz-fusion formula that the preceding Caravanserai had inaugurated, but with an expanded and different lineup this time. Gregg Rolie had left the band along with Neal Schon to form Journey, and they were replaced by Tom Coster, Richard Kermode and Leon Thomas, along with guest John McLaughlin, who had collaborated with Carlos Santana on Love Devotion Surrender

A great Santana album created during the apex of his "jazz" phase. You get it all here folks pop rock, latin influences such as Brazilian(Flora Purim on a track now THATS worth a purchase alone!), African and of course jazz. Melodies abound and the interplay of Tom Coster's Hammond and Rhodes playing with Carlos's guitar playing feels loose and free.

01 - Going Home 02 - Love, Devotion & Surrender 03 - Samba da Sausalito 04 - When I Look Into Your eyes 05 - Yours Is The light 06 - Mother Africa 07 - Light of life 08 - Flame-Sky 09 - Welcome 10 - Mantra.

Дата релиза 09 Ноябрь 1973. Музыкальный стильJazz Rock. Владельцы этого альбома20.

I think Welcome is a patchy attempt to have too much at once. What I hear is Santana trying to take the jazz influences and spiritual atmosphere of Caravanserei and Love Devotion Surrender, smoothing out almost every edge and then tossing in some lite funk and soul - as well as hordes of guest musicians and even strings - to make an album that, theoretically, would taste good yet be good for you at the same time. Unfortunately, Welcome strikes me as not doing either thing particularly well.