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Carlos Santana: Shaman

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Label: Arista Records
Released: 2002.10.21
Time:
 76:23
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.santana.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2002.10.21
Price in €: 11,99



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[1] Adouma (A.Kidjo/J.Hebrail) - 4:15
[2] Nothing At All [Feat. Musiq] (R.Thomas/C.Rooney) - 4:29
[3] The Game Of Love [Feat. Michelle Branch] (A.Ander/R.Nowels) - 4:14
[4] You Are My Kind [Feat. Seal] (R.Thomas) - 4:17
[5] Amoré (Sexo) [Feat. Macy Gray] (M.Gray/L.Mendez/D.Austin/J.Vasquez) - 3:52
[6] Foo Foo (Y.Andre/R.Eugene/Y.Joseph/H.Nau/C.Jean) - 6:28
[7] Victory Is Won (C.Santana) - 5:20
[8] America [Feat. P.O.D] (Soony/Marcos/Troa/Wuv) - 4:35
[9] Sideways [Feat. Citizen Cope] (C.Greenwood) - 4:40
[10] Why Don1t You & I [Feat. Chad Kroeger] (Ch.Kroeger) - 4:34
[11] Feels Like Fire [Feat. Dido] (D.Armstrong) - 4:40
[12] Let Me Love You Tonight (A.Bagge/A.Birgisson/S.Climie) - 5:34
[13] Aye Aye Aye (M.Shreive/C.Santana/K.Perazzo/R.Rekow) - 4:43
[14] Hoy Es Adios [Feat. Alejandro Lerner] (K.Derendorf/J-Y.Docornet/A.Lerner) - 4:37
[15] One Of These Days [Feat. Ozomatli] (JB Eckl/KC Porter/C.Santana) - 5:52
[16] Novus [Feat. Placido Domingo] (C.Santana/G.Szabó/W.Afanasieff/G.DiGiovine/R.Rome) - 4:10

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CARLOS SANTANA - Background Vocals, Vocals, 12 String Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Rainstick, Timbales, Arranger, Horn Arrangements, Producer

DIDO ARMSTRONG - Vocals, Producer
PLACIDO DOMINGO - Vocals
MACY GRAY - Vocals
CLARENCE "Citizen Cope" GREENWOOD - Vocals, Keyboards, Rhythm Guitar
CHAD KROEGER - Vocals
ALEJANDRO LERNER - Vocals
TONY LINDSAY - Vocals
SEAL - Vocals
MICHELLE BRANCH - Vocals

DENNIS CHAMBERS - Drums
JEREMY COHEN - Strings
BRIAN COLLIER - Drums
LOUIS CONTE - Percussion
DAVID CROCKETT - Drums, Percussion
JB ECKL - Background Vocals, Vocals, Keyboards, Rhythm Guitar, drum programming, Engineer, Original Concept, Producer
JOSEPH EDELBERG - Strings
PAUL EHRLICH - Strings
JOSE GAVIRIA - Background Vocals, Keyboards, Arranger, Engineer, Producer, Programming
JOSEPH HERBERT - Strings
MARIKA HUGHES - Strings
BASHIRI JOHNSON - Percussion
JODY LINSCOTT - Percussion
LESTER MENDEZ - Percussion, Keyboards, Horn Arrangements, Engineer, Producer, Programming
RICK NOWELS - Background Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Producer
KARL PERAZZO - Background Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Conga, Timbales
CARLA PICCHI - Strings
K.C. PORTER - Background Vocals, Electric Piano, Keyboards, drum programming, Engineer, Original Concept, Producer
DEBORAH PRICE - Strings
RAUL REKOW - Background Vocals, Conga
DAVID SCHOENBRUN - Strings
MICHAEL SHRIEVE - Drums
ASDRUBAL SIERRA - Background Vocals, Trumpet, Original Concept
FERNANDO TOBON - Background Vocals, Bass, cuatro, Electric Guitar, Mandolin, Arranger, Producer
WUV - Drums
WIL-DOG ABERS - Bass
ED ADAIR - Guitar
RUSTY ANDERSON - Electric Guitar
MARK BATES - Keyboards
ULISES BELLA - Tenor Saxophone
SISTER BLISS - Keyboards
ED CALLE - Saxophone
JEFF CRESSMAN - Trombone, Horn Arrangements
SHANGO DELY - Conga, Kenyan Drum, Shekere
JOHN GINTY - Keyboards, Organ
JEEVE - Rhythm Guitar, Engineer, Mixing, Producer, Programming
MANNY LOPEZ - Acoustic Guitar
RENÉ MARTÍNEZ - Acoustic Guitar, Guitar
JULIUS MELENDEZ - Trumpet
SEBASTIAN ARACHA MORTON - Hammond Organ, Engineer
MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO - Bass
BILL ORTIZ - Trumpet, Horn Arrangements
RAÚL PACHECO - Rhythm Guitar
TIM PIERCE - Guitar
DAVE RANDALL - Electric Guitar
BENNY RIETVELD - Bass, String Arrangements, Producer
LEE SKLAR - Bass
CHESTER THOMPSON - Fender Rhodes, Hammond Organ, Keyboards, Organ, Piano
RENE TOLEDO - Steel Guitar
ARTURO VELASCO - Trombone
MARTY WEHNER - Trombone
JIRO YAMAGUCHI - Tabla, talking drum
WALTER AFANASIEFF - Vocal Producer
ANDREAS ALLEN - Turntables

DAWN BECKMAN - Background Vocals
SIEDAH GARRETT - Background Vocals
NIKKI HARRIS - Background Vocals
OZOMATLI - Background Vocals
COREY ROONEY - Background Vocals
KIKE SANTANDER - Background Vocals, Producer
SY SMITH - Background Vocals
PAULINE TAYLOR - Background Vocals
SHELENE THOMAS - Background Vocals

ROLLO ARMSTRONG - Producer
DALLAS AUSTIN - Producer
CLIVE DAVIS - Producer
BILL MALINA - Engineer, Mixing
DAVID FRAZER - Engineer, Mixing
JIM GAINES - Engineer, Mixing
ANDY GRASSI - Engineer, Mixing
CHRIS GARCIA - Engineer
GRIPPA - Engineer
PHIL BROWN - Engineer
GREG COLLINS - Engineer
STEPHEN HART - Engineer
EDDIE KRAMER - Engineer
BRIAN MONTGOMERY - Engineer, Monitors
PHIL NICOLO - Engineer
STEVE RUSSELL - Engineer
JOSÉ MIGUEL SÁNCHEZ - Engineer
DAN VICKERS - Engineer
RANDY WINE - Engineer
LUIS QUINE - Assistant Engineer, Engineer
MICHAEL ROSEN - Assistant Engineer, Engineer
BEN CONRAD - Assistant Engineer
SCOTT HOLDERBY - Assistant Engineer
KIERON MENZIES - Assistant Engineer
KEVIN MYERS - Assistant Engineer
ELIAS PONCE - Assistant Engineer
ROBERT READ - Assistant Engineer
CHRISTINE SIROIS - Assistant Engineer
PATRICK WOODWARD - Assistant Engineer
CHRIS LORD-ALGE - Mixing
DAVID BIANCO - Mixing
MIKE COUZZI - Mixing
ASH HOWES - Mixing
MANNY MARROQUIN - Mixing
JEFF POE - Mixing
BRUCE SWEDIEN - Mixing
PETER WADE - Mixing
STEVE FONTANO - Mixing
LEON ZERVOS - Mastering
ANDRÉ SILVA - Executive Director
SARAH SYKES - Production Coordination
DAN SHEA - Programming
RIC HANCOCK - A&R
LARRY JACKSON - A&R
JOSHUA SARUBIN - A&R
JUSTIN LIEBERMAN - Digital Editing, Engineer
LARRY PHILLABAUM - Digital Editing
MIKE PLOTNIKOFF - Digital Editing
RICK SHEPPARD - Digital Editing
NICK THOMAS - Digital Editing
HAL MILLER - Spiritual Advisor
JASON ROBERTS - Original Concept
SU. SUTTLE - Logo Design
KWAKU ALSTON - Photography

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2002 CD Arista 14737
2002 CS Arista 14737
2002 DP Arista 14737

Featuring the Michelle Branch Sung First Single "Game of Love", "Shaman" also features Guest Appearances from Nickelback's Chad Kroeger, Seal, Macy Gray, P.o.d., Dido, Ozomatli, Musiq and Placido Domingo. This Edition features the Track "Let Me Love You Tonight" which Replaces "Since Supernatural", the Wyclef Jean Produced Track that Appears on the Us Version.



Adhering to the old "if-it-ain't-broke-don't-fix-it" adage, Santana's Shaman sticks with the formula established on 1999's surprise multi-platinum smash Supernatural, by pairing the legendary guitarist with stars from the pop, rock, and R&B talent pool. Like Supernatural, the record tends to smack more of market research than the soulful expression of a rock legend (file Carlos Santana's duet with Nickelback's Chad Kroeger under "most ill-advised pairing in rock history") at times. But in some instances, the duets pay huge dividends, like the breezy first single "The Game of Love" with teen sensation Michelle Branch. And throughout the 16-track affair, Santana's guitar speaks in such fluid, deliberate fashion that you can look past his A&R flaks, and his own desire for a hit single by any means necessary. Hey, it's no crime to desire airplay, and as the label-proffered duet with Matchbox 20's Rob Thomas on "Smooth" proved, inspired sounds can come from crass marketing ploys. Nothing here quite matches the sultry Latino-pop groove of "Smooth" where potential hits are concerned, though several unions do yield creative fruit that is far more exotic. Teaming with L.A. multi-cultural musical mavericks Ozomatli (a 11-member chip off the vintage Santana block), Santana fires off a jabbing fusion of samba and rock on "One of These Days." Macy Gray lends her soulful chirp on the salsa-fied R&B of "Amore," and upstart Citizen Cope pits his languid drawl against Santana's expressive guitar bursts on the meditative "Sideways," which is 4:40 of slow-boiling beauty.

Patrick Berkery - October 21, 2002
CDNOW Contributing Writer
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Santana's follow-up to 1999's 11-million selling SUPERNATURAL ­ the album that catapulted the group, and its leader, Carlos Santana, straight back into the top of the charts and earned many Grammy Awards ­ is here! Titled SHAMAN, the album is one of the most highly-anticipated of 2002 ­ and the response to the release from those in the know is uniformly ecstatic.

Like SUPERNATURAL, SHAMAN is jam-packed with many inspired collaborations.

The album features three songs penned by matchbox twenty frontman Rob Thomas (who worked with Santana on Supernatural) and there are several which feature guest vocals by the likes of Michelle Branch who appears on the first single "The Game of Love". The song came in as the number one most-added track at top 40 radio, Mainstream AC and Hot AC upon its impact in the USA in September - and a video, which also features Branch, was shot recently in Chicago. Dido is another of the high-profile singer who appears on SHAMAN along with Chad Kroeger from Nickelback,, P.O.D., Macy Gray, Citizen Cope, Placido Domingo, Alejandro Lerner, Musiq, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Ozomatli, Seal, Michael Shrieve, and producers KC Porter and Kike Santander.

Santana¹s official website also gives more insight into SHAMAN with a posting that said: "There are many great artists, producers, and writers that have helped to create this masterpiece of joy. A few songs like 'Adouma,' 'Foo Foo,' 'Victory Is Won,' and 'Aye Aye Aye,' have been played on the last few Santana tours. All of these songs feature members of the Santana Band."

Other album standouts include ³Victory Is One," an epic instrumental that interweaves threads of rock, Latin pop, and R&B. Like its predecessor, SHAMAN is again (in Carlos Santana's words) a "multi-dimensional" collection, bridging generations and cultures in a musical melting pot of creative partnerships. In typical fashion the album opens with a cover of West African singer Angelique Kidjo's composition "Adouma" (from her 1994 album Aye), given a Santana flavor by co-producer Kike Santander

Key production collaborator this time around was the participation of Clive Davis' successor at Arista served as executive producer. Davis himself co -produced SHAMAN with Carlos Santana.

The magic that informs every note played by Carlos Santana reaches a new intensity with SHAMAN. Billboard have called SHAMAN one of the most hotly anticipated releases of 2002 ­ something the publication does not say lightly ­ and it comes just in time for the festive season, so don¹t miss out!

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Carlos Santana is one of a handful of rock guitarists whose distinctive playing can be recognized in one or two notes. After years of touring as a Woodstock-era road warrior, Santana was thrust back into the public spotlight in 1999, thanks to the runaway success of "Supernatural," the album he recorded with a raft of mainstream pop stars. Touring in advance of another pop-oriented CD, "Shaman," Santana and his bandmates, who played the Tweeter Center Friday night, had the challenging task of merging the venerable jazz and Latin-inflected sound of their older material with the more concise and conventional pop of the newer tunes.

Santana bridged this gap with the aid of a first-rate, multicultural band of versatile veterans who were as comfortable stretching out on a '60s anthem like "Jingo" as they were cranking out radio hits such as "Smooth." The guest vocalists who were so prominent on "Supernatural" were hardly missed, thanks to the group's two versatile and charismatic frontmen, Tony Lindsay and Andy Vargas. Rather than attempting to upstage each other, these vocalists worked beautifully as a team, alternating lines on many songs, and keeping both their bandmates and the large, enthusiastic audience energized.

In addition to a hefty chunk of material from "Supernatural," the band played a handful of tunes from "Shaman," which seems to follow in the mainstream groove paved on "Supernatural." The new songs were difficult to assess, because the Tweeter's notorious acoustics made deciphering their lyrics all but impossible.

No Santana band would be complete without a line of percussionists, and the current lineup is one of the strongest in the band's history, comprising trap drummer Dennis Chambers, timbales player Karl Perazzo and Raul Rekow, who has been with the band almost continuously for a quarter century, on congas. Two virtuoso players, keyboardist Chester Thompson and six-string bassist Benny Rietveld, used their jazz chops to inject texture and melodic complexity into the music. For this tour, the band has been augmented by rhythm guitarist Myron Dove and two horn players, trumpeter Bill Ortiz and trombonist Jeff Cressman.

As good as the rest of the band was, it was still Santana himself that the audience had come to hear, and he remains an astounding soloist, wringing emotion out of every note with an inimitable blend of passion, creativity and flawless technique. Although Santana delivered the requisite firepower on pieces such as "Oye Como Va," some of the evening's most memorable moments were quiet ones, as the guitarist provided a spare introduction on classical guitar for "Maria, Maria," or played slow, stately melody lines on his solid body electric. A master musician, Santana remains in top form, and his enthusiastic fans at Friday's show savored each of the myriad notes he played.

By Michael Parrish
MetroMix.com



A Shaman titkai

Három év telt el Carlos Santana kilencszeres Grammy díjas Supernatural lemezének megjelenése óta, míg 2002 októberében végre megérkezett a várva várt folytatás. Az igazi sztárparádét felvonultató Shaman LP a természetfölötti buvöletében élo Santana szerint még az elozo albumánál is jobbra, jelentoségteljesebbre sikeredett. Az 55 éves legenda a lemez mondanivalójáról és a zenészek kiválasztásának titkairól beszélt nemrégiben a VH1-nak adott interjúban.

A napokban megjelent album témaválasztása kapcsán nem rejtette véka alá különös világszemléletét sem. Eszerint angyalok és hozzájuk hasonló szerzetek vesznek körül bennünket, szövik át életünket. Az o szerény feladata pedig a zene segítségével továbbítani üzeneteiket a szukebb látóköru, szomorúságban szenvedo emberek felé.

Visszahullva a porba azonban gyakorlatias kérdésekkel találjuk szemben magunkat. Adódik például, hogy a ”Supernatural” fantasztikus sikerét követoen nem volt-e nehéz feladat a magasra állított léc elérése? Santana válaszával ismét ízelítot ad példás hozzáállásából:

”Ilyen gondolatokkal nem is foglalkozom, nem vagyok ügyvéd vagy könyvelo. A slágerlisták változásai is hidegen hagynak. Nem érzek nyomást magamon. A ”Supernatural” remek tapasztalat volt, de a ”Shaman” még jobb, mivel most a partnereim Mr. Placido Domingo, Dido, Michelle Branch és Macy Gray voltak.” Igazán érdekes, amit Santana a megfelelo vendégzenészek kiválasztásáról mesélt: ”Mindig a dalok döntik el, kivel dolgozom együtt, kivel tudnám életre kelteni oket. Olyan ez, mint Hamupipokét keresni egy üvegtopánkával.”

A tévé és rádióadók musorán egyre gyakrabban szereplo ”The Game of Love” címu melódiára külön is kitért. Ebben a nótában partnere az ígéretes fiatal tehetség, a csinos Michelle Branch.

”Mr. Clive Davis-nek, a produceremnek ajánlotta ot valaki. Ezért hálával tartozom neki szívem legmélyérol, igazán remek ötlet volt. Michelle ragyogó lelku lány. És az Isten szerelmére, csak most lett 19 éves! Hogyan is NE lehetne a tisztaságot felfedezni valakiben, aki 19 éves? Azonban fiatal kora ellenére egyáltalán nem gyerekes. Kihallatszik a dalból a személyes hite, hogy akirol énekel, az o maga. A legfontosabb, hogy az ember higgyen abban, amit csinál. Hiszek John Lennonban, amikor az ”Imagine”-t énekli, de lehet, hogy ha más adja elo, annak már nem hiszek.”

Hasonló elragadtatással beszélt a P.O.D. rockcsapatról, akikkel az ”America” címu közös számot készítette. Sokan meglepodtek a gitármuvész együttmuködésén egy nu-metal bandával.

”55 éves vagyok, de nem fogok unalmas régi zenét játszani,” - jelentette ki - ”az újra törekszem! Jimi Hendrix, a Cream és a Led Zeppelin társaságában nottem fel, de ez nem korlátoz engem. Szeretem a Rage Against the Machine-t és a Metallica-t is. A P.O.D. valahol e két banda között van. Szeretem ezt az energiát. Olyanok, mint a Creed, keresztény rockot játszanak. Ez egy remek behatás. A keresztény spiritualizmus, nem a vallás.”

A régi Santana-zenészekkel viszont csak akkor játszik együtt, ha azt egy szám határozottan megkívánja. Különben határozottan elzárkózik ettol az iránytól. ”Hátramenet lenne a számomra, pedig nekem elore kell haladnom. Pusztán érzelmek alapján senkivel sem fogok együtt játszani. Ugyanolyan barátaim maradnak, és ha egy dal úgy hozza, akkor örömmel állok össze velük. A dalok a barátságnál is fontosabbak. Egy jó szám még jobban elmélyíti a barátságot. Amikor John Lennon és Paul McCartney kifogytak a közös dalokból, kifogytak a barátságukból is.”

Carlos Santana szerepelt Michael Jackson ”Invincible” LP-jén is, de Jacko nem viszonozta a vendégjátékot. Santana természetesen ezen sem sértodött meg, sot szeretné áthidalni a Prince és Jackson között fennálló ellenséges viszonyt, és egy közös számot szerezni velük.

”A dolgok változnak. Most már közelebb jutottunk az együttmuködéshez. Már Prince is Jehova Tanúja. Van valami közös mindnyájunkban, ez a tehetség. Csak félre kell tegyük, Prince-et, Jackson-t és Carlost és a dal máris életre kelhet. A személyünk valójában lényegtelen. A dal a fontos, ami megérinti az emberek szívét. Ez számít, mi csak aztán következünk.”

A VH1 riportere szerint, ha sikerülne összehoznia ezt a triót, akkor Santana akár a Közel-Keletre is utazhatna a béke követeként. A jó öreg Carlos természetesen erre a feltevésre is pozitívan reagált:

”Pontosan ezt terveztem! A közös munka után egyenesen a Közel-Keletre utazom, és ott adok koncertet. Nyitott szívvel látogatok az arabok földjére nem amerikai zászlóval. Remélem sikerül legalább részben feloldani a kölcsönös gyulöletet. Még mindig egy embercsalád vagyunk a Földön, és aki ezt másképpen látja, az egy oshüllo. Élnünk kell az angyali energiákkal és meg kell látnunk; mind Isten gyermekei vagyunk. Mind a fénybol jöttünk, viselkedjünk is ehhez mérten. A csendes tartózkodás már nem fogadható el, foként, ha egyesek - leginkább a nok - képesek megakadályozni a háborúkat. Erre hívtam fel a figyelmet a ”Supernatural”-lel és most a ”Shaman”-nal is.”

Az elismerésre, miszerint ilyen szereplogárdát rajta kívül senki sem tudott volna összehozni, röviden így felelt: a ”lehetetlen” szó nem szerepel Isten szótárában. Ilyen egyszeru az egész.

Santana zene iránti alázata rengeteg hívet szerzett neki a berkeken belül és kívül is. Egyik nagy csodálója éppen az a Michelle Branch, akivel az utóbbi hetekben Santana több alkalommal is eloadta közös dalukat, a már említett ”The Game of Love”-ot. Santana szerint a szám gyógyírként szolgál a szomorú napokon, hasonlóan a Vietnami háború alatt szerzett dalaihoz.

MTI - 2002. október 28.
Magyar Távirati Iroda



To say that guitar guru Carlos Santana got a huge career boost from Supernatural, his 1999 album of genre-spanning collaborations, is an understatement: The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer reached a whole new audience with the multiplatinum-selling, Grammy-laden album, which paired him with Rob Thomas, Dave Matthews, Wyclef Jean, and the like. Given Supernatural's magnetic charm, it's no surprise that Santana applies a similar formula to his much-anticipated follow-up. And while the going isn't always "Smooth," this shaman pulls it off. Even with a somewhat more uneven guest list, Shaman dazzles with tantalizing moments. "Feels like Fire," which sets Santana's hypnotic playing against the almost hymnlike vocals of Dido, is nothing short of stunning, and the easygoing, horn-pumped "The Game of Love," with teen rocker Michelle Branch, suggests a South of the Border Sheryl Crow. Likewise, Seal's slithery singing perfectly matches the soulful lines that Santana unspools for "You Are My Kind." The chemistry is less successful when the guitarist joins forces with the new generation of hard rockers: He all but disappears amid the bluster of P.O.D.'s "America," while Nickelback's Chad Kroeger proves entirely unsympathetic on the grandiose "Why Don't You and I?" Those rough patches, however, are offset by a passel of sexy mid-tempo tracks, such as the serpentine "Amore (Sexo)," which boasts one of Macy Gray's typically showstopping vocal turns. Equally interesting are the tunes that delve into Santana's Latin heritage, from the light and airy "Hoy Es Adios," with vocals by Alejandro Lerner, to the tough-talking "One of These Days," on which he's joined by the members of Ozomatli. Once again, this six-string sage proves his mettle at spell-casting, dreamweaving, and, above all, hit-making.

David Sprague - Barnes & Noble



Shaman still offers glimpses of Santana's globe-spanning euphoria.

Jon Pareles - Rolling Stone



Singers Answer the Call from Santana the Shaman

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When the call comes from Carlos Santana, what singer could resist?

Not Musiq, Seal, Michelle Branch or Macy Gray.

Following the phenomenal 25 million sales of his Grammy-winning 1999 album "Supernatural," which featured the Latino guitar great playing with the likes of Dave Matthews and Lauryn Hill, Santana's new disc "Shaman" has tracks showcasing the aforementioned singers, as well as Dido, P.O.D., Chad Kroeger, Citizen Cope and others.

In addition to the new Arista recording, which comes out on Oct 22, Sony's Columbia/Legacy label is releasing a two disc retrospective of his work, "The Essential Santana" on the same day. It includes classics such as "Evil Ways," "Black Magic Woman" and "Oye Como Va."

Santana, in New York to promote the albums and appear on "Live by Request" on the A&E cable TV network on Friday (Oct 18) told Reuters the whole process had a mystical quality.

"A lot happened on 'Supernatural' and 'Shaman,' a kind of inner synchronicity, like electricity, like when you think of someone long enough and they suddenly call," he said.

"It is the same principle. Eric Clapton and Dave Matthews told me the same thing, that before (producer) Clive (Davis) called, they had been hearing Santana music all the time."

The key, he said, is to concentrate on the songs. "They are like glass slippers and then we go out to find a Cinderella, to fill them."

One unlikely singer to duet with Santana is tenor Placido Domingo. But even he does on "Shaman," in a meeting of opera and rock on a song called "Novus."

"Placido Domingo, I have admired his spirit for a long time, it was only a matter of time before I selected a song for him.

"Placido is very gracious and childlike. And, just like I learned from Mr. John Lee Hooker or Wayne Shorter, he is not afraid to go outside the frame. Too many people have a low ceiling and he is not like that, he loves music."

Other people Santana would love to work with are Tina Turner and several African musicians, "as long as they are honest. The opposite of that is shallow and we don't want to go there," he said.

As for playing his hits live on television, the Mexican-born guitarist has no qualms about rehearsing for "Live by Request" which is being broadcast live to Latin America as well as North America on Friday evening. "Shirley MacLaine once said 'muscles have memories,' and you don't forget songs."

Santana's appearance is the latest in A&E's "Live by Request" series, which won an Emmy for the 1996 Tony Bennett telecast. Since then, it has featured such performers as David Bowie, Neil Diamond, James Taylor and Reba McEntire.

2002-10-20 18:32:25 GMT (Reuters)
By Steve James
 

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