Welcome (Santana album)
Occupation
- Percussion: Greg Adams ( only )
- Percussion: José Chepito Areas ( [3, 5-7, 9] )
- Saxophone: Jules Broussard (only )
- Arrangement: Alice Coltrane (only )
- Vocals, keyboards Tom Coster
- Flute: Joe Farrell (only )
- Vocals: Wendy Haas (only [2, 4 ] )
- Keyboards, Percussion: Richard Kermode
- Flute: Mel Martin (only [4, 5] )
- Guitar: John McLaughlin (only )
- Percussion, vocals Armando Peraza ( [1-3, 5-9 ] )
- Vocals: Flora Purim (only )
- Bass, Guitar: Doug Rauch ( except )
- Guitar: Douglas Rodriguez (only )
- Guitar, vocals, percussion: Carlos Santana
- Drums: Michael Shrieve ( [1, 4-5, 7-8 ] )
- Drums: Tony Smith (only )
- Vocals: Leon Thomas ( [2, 4, 5, 7 ] )
- Flute: Bob Yance (only [4, 5] )
Welcome ( 1973) is an album by the Latin rock band Santana.
History
It is the fifth studio album by the American band and the one in her career, which tended most to listening to jazz. Even when previous album Caravanserai (1972 ) had started an emancipation from the simple rock band diagrams of the early period. For the band now included musicians who were open to fusion jazz, Tom Coster and Richard Kermode, who had previously played with Malo, Jorge Santana of the band around. Carlos Santana himself was the album Love Devotion Surrender common recorded under the influence of the Indian guru Sri Chinmoy with John McLaughlin during this time, which refers in its title to John Coltrane and its spiritual phase by 1965/66.
With guest musicians like the singers Leon Thomas, Flora Purim and again John McLaughlin, the band achieved a fusion of Latin rock with jazz. This is particularly evident in the pieces that are dedicated to the memory of John Coltrane ( Going Home, Welcome) and where Alice Coltrane participated. The band was in 1973 at a major international tour on the way. The album itself was built on a break from touring; Leon Thomas went after the studio recordings were completed, ( where one of the concerts was recorded and later released as Lotus ) with the band in Japan.
The album
Welcome refers as his previous album inspirations from contemporary jazz-rock productions of Airto ( finger), Chick Corea's Light as a Feather and recordings by Leon Thomas, Lonnie Liston Smith, Alice Coltrane and a. His ambitiousness be demonstrated in the introductory piece, an African- American folk song which is from the New World in the center of the symphony and has been arranged here by Alice Coltrane: Both Coster and Kermode are here to listen to the synthesizer. In other plays have Leon Thomas and Flora Purim guest appearances.
Title of the album
In 2003, the album was was with another piece, mantra, republished, is part of a jam session from Tom Coster, Carlos Santana and Mike Shrieve.
Effect of the album
The album disappointed with his jazz - orientation part of the old Santana fans: " The Jazz votes by Leon Thomas and Flora Purim phrased the Santana - pieces sometimes on the receptiveness of the rock audience over." Welcome sold worse than its predecessor, but nevertheless reached number 25 in 1973 on the Billboard charts for albums and ultimately a gold status.
Much of the criticism about Bob Palmer in Rolling Stone, but praised the music: "Both qualities by which Santana's music was different from that of its competitors, - Carlos ' expression on the guitar and the talents of the various percussionist of the band - are on Welcome very obvious. " the guitarist has until then, according to Bob Palmer never played better than in the titles Flame Sky and Welcome.
Critic Robert Christgau also was thrilled that the album " sovereign and jolly " as Santana's Caravanserai was. The All Music Guide awarded 3 of 5 stars.