The project will drop this spring
Latin rock guitarist Santana will release his new studio album, Sentient, on March 28th. The songs that make up Sentient are complex compositionally, but they float by like a dream. There are brilliant collaborations with Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson, Miles Davis, Paolo Rustichelli, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and Cindy Blackman Santana, but no matter the mood or genre – whether it’s lush pop or high-intensity cosmic jazz – it’s all part of a common thread.
Sentient is composed of 11 dazzling tracks — three of them previously unreleased — compiled by the virtuoso guitarist, remastered and sequenced in a way that allows a new and dramatic story to emerge. As is often the case when the spark of musical magic strikes, Santana was surprised, delighted and receptive.
“I’m always driven by passion, emotion and inner instinct,” he says. “When I first heard these tracks floating around in the house, I said, ‘Why don’t we put these all in one place?'”
As Santana says, “From Stravinsky to James Brown, it’s all the same song, meaning it’s all connected to the umbilical cord of humanity and planet Earth.”
Santana’s Oneness Tour kicks off in Highland, California at Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel on April 16th making stops in Phoenix, Arizona; Albuquerque, New Mexico; San Antonio, Texas; Sugar Land, Texas; Thackerville, Oklahoma; Tulsa, Oklaohma; and Nashville, Tennessee. The Europe portion of the tour begins on June 9th in Lodz, Poland with stops throughout Europe, ending in Copenhagen, Denmark on August 11th.
1. Let The Guitar Play (Radio Version) featuring Darryl DMC McDaniels
2. Stranger in Moscow (Live)
3. Whatever Happens with Michael Jackson
4. Please Don’t Take Your Love (Sentient Version) with Smokey Robinson
5. Get On (Sentient Version) with Miles Davis & Paolo Rustichelli
6. Vers Le Soleil (Sentient Version) with Paolo Rustichelli
7. Rastafario – (Sentient Version) with Miles Davis & Paolo Rustichelli
8. Full Moon (Sentient Version) with Paolo Rustichelli
9. I’ll Be Waiting
10. Coherence with Cindy Blackman Santana
11. Blues For Salvador
