Carlos Santana – Abraxas (1970)

01. Singing Winds, Crying Beasts 
02. Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen 
03. Oye Como Va 
04. Incident At Neshabur 
05. Se A Cabo 
06. Mother's Daughter 
07. Samba Pa Ti 
08. Hope You're Feeling Better 
09. El Nicoya

Personnel:
    Carlos Santana – guitar, vocals, producer
    Gregg Rolie – keyboards, lead vocals
    David Brown – bass, engineer
    Michael Shrieve – drums
    José "Chepito" Areas – percussion, conga, timbales
    Mike Carabello – percussion, conga
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   Rico Reyes – percussion, vocals
   Alberto Gianquinto – piano on "Incident at Neshabur"
   Steven Saphore – table

The San Francisco Bay Area rock scene of the late '60s was one that encouraged radical experimentation and discouraged the type of mindless conformity that's often plagued corporate rock. When one considers just how different Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape, and the Grateful Dead sounded, it becomes obvious just how much it was encouraged. In the mid-'90s, an album as eclectic as Abraxas would be considered a marketing exec's worst nightmare. But at the dawn of the 1970s, this unorthodox mix of rock, jazz, salsa, and blues proved quite successful. Whether adding rock elements to salsa king Tito Puente's "Oye Como Va," embracing instrumental jazz-rock on "Incident at Neshabur" and "Samba Pa Ti," or tackling moody blues-rock on Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman," the band keeps things unpredictable yet cohesive. Many of the Santana albums that came out in the '70s are worth acquiring, but for novices, Abraxas is an excellent place to start. --- Alex Henderson, AMG

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