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Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter live DVD to be released
By Patrick Luce
Feb 22, 2007, 18:41 GMT

Guitar legend Carlos Santana joins forces with saxophonist Wayne Shorter for a live DVD that was shot at the Monteux Jazz Festival and will be released by Image Entertainment on February 27th for the suggested retail price of $19.99. 

The performance of this magnificent band was recorded at Montreux, Switzerland, on July 14, 1988 and includes interviews with Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter and festival creator Claude Nobs.

It began almost as a lark when Carlos Santana encountered his longtime friend and hero Wayne Shorter on the concert trail in Atlanta, GA, in 1987. Carlos said, "Let's start a rumor that we're putting a band together."

Wayne's eyes got bigger and brighter as he smiled and then responded: "Yeah, Carlos, let's start a rumor."

A few months later the Carlos Santana/Wayne Shorter Band performed its debut concert at The Fillmore in San Francisco, the beginning of a 26-concert tour throughout the U.S. and Europe.

Songs on the DVD will include “Spiritual,” “Peraza,” “Shhh,” “Incident at Neshabur,” “Elegant People,” “Goodness & Mercy,” “Sanctuary,” “For Those Who Chant,” “Blues for Salvador,” “Fireball 2000,” “Ballroom in the Sky,” “Once It's Gotcha,” “Mandela,” “Deeper, Dig Deeper.”

Europa Musicians include: Carlos Santana – guitar, Wayne Shorter – saxophone, Chester Thompson – keyboards, Patrice Rushen – keyboards, Alphonso Johnson – bass, Armando Peraza – congas, Jose Chepito Areas – timbales, and Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums.
 
Santana earned a Grammyfor the hit "The Game of Love" from his 2001 album ‘Shaman.’ Santana has also won three Latin Grammy Awards, and in 2004, he received the Latin Recording Academy's prestigious "Person of the Year" honor. His latest album, 2005's ‘All That I Am,’ continues Carlos' tradition of exciting collaborations with a diverse mix of fellow groundbreaking artists.

Shorter is an American jazz composer and saxophonist who is regarded as one of the more important American jazz sax players and composers since the 1960s. Many of Shorter's compositions have become jazz standards. He has won eight Grammy's most recently for the 2005 album ‘Beyond The Sound Barrier’ and for his 2003 album ‘Alegria.’

Carlos Santana & Wayne Shorter - Live at Montreux is now available for pre-order at Amazon. As of yet, there is not a release date for the UK. Visit the DVD database for more information.