Splendiferous Santana (RSD 22)

‘Splendiferous Santana” is a new 2-LP compilation, personally curated by Carlos Santana, showcasing highlights drawn from Santana’s musical output spanning 2003-2019. It focuses on the too-often underappreciated, yet creatively fertile period following Santana’s 1998 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the massive success of 1999’s ‘Supernatural’.

In the wake of ’Supernatural’, Santanareleased a series of remarkable recordings, among them 2003’s‘Shaman’, 2005’s‘All That I Am‘and 2014’s ‘Corazón’, that stand with the best that Carlos, or his band, have ever made. Many of these songs and performances were overlooked at the time of theirreleaseand are being presented anew on‘ Splendiferous Santana’ as essential musical elements in the Santana canon.