Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1988 explained

Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1988
Type:	live
Artist:	Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter
Cover:	Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter - Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1988.jpg
Released:	July 2005
Recorded:	July 14, 1988
Venue:	Montreux Jazz Festival
Genre:	Pop, rock, jazz^[1]
Length:	129:02
Label:	Vap (Japan), Image Entertainment
Producer:	Joel Jaffe
Chronology:	Carlos Santana
Prev Title:	Santana Brothers
Prev Year:	1994

Live at Montreux Jazz Festival is a live album by guitarist Carlos Santana and saxophonist Wayne Shorter that was released in 2005. The album is a record of their performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival on July 14, 1988.

Background

Santana and Shorter played together before, on The Swing of Delight (1980), and on This Is This! (1986), the final album by Weather Report, though Shorter left halfway through recording the album. Two years later he played at the jazz festival in Montreux, Switzerland, with musicians that were mostly from Santana's band: José Areas, Armando Peraza, Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, and keyboardist Chester Thompson. Bass guitarist Alphonso Johnson was from Weather Report.^[2] There was also a DVD-Video of the concert.^[3]

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Spiritual" (John Coltrane) – 8:20
2. "Peraza" (Armando Peraza, David Sancious) – 9:20
3. "Shhh" (Patrice Rushen) – 8:27
4. "Incident at Neshabur" (Alberto Gianquinto, Santana) – 4:20
5. "Elegant People" (Shorter) – 4:40
6. "Goodness and Mercy" (Santana, Thompson) – 9:50
7. "Sanctuary" (Shorter) – 4:55

Disc two

1. "For Those Who Chant" (Luis Gasca) – 5:11
2. "Blues for Salvador" (Santana, Thompson) – 6:46
3. "Fireball 2000" (Rushen) – 8:29
4. "Ballroom in the Sky" (Shorter) – 7:20
5. "Once It's Gotcha" (Santana, Thompson, Johnson, Jeffrey Cohen, Tom Coster) – 8:59
6. "Mandela" (Peraza) – 8:22
7. "Deeper, Dig Deeper" (Santana, Thompson, Buddy Miles, Sterling Crew) – 8:41
8. "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Santana, Coster) – 6:10

DVD-Video

1. "Peraza"
2. "Shhh"
3. "Incident At Neshabur"
4. "Elegant People"
5. "Percussion Solo"
6. "Goodness & Mercy"
7. "Sanctuary" / "Let The Music Speak"
8. "Blues For Salvador"
9. "Fireball 2000"
10. "Ballroom In The Sky"
11. "Once It's Gotcha"
12. "For Those Who Chant"
13. "Mandela"
14. "Deeper, Dig Deeper"
15. "Europa"
16. "Interview"

Personnel

Musicians

• Carlos Santana – guitar
• Wayne Shorter – saxophone
• Patrice Rushen – keyboards
• Chester D. Thompson – keyboards
• Alphonso Johnson – bass guitar
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums
• Armando Peraza – congas
• José Chepito Areas – timbales

Production

• Carlos Santana – executive producer
• Joel Jaffe – producer, engineer
• Marc Dimmitt – engineer
• Ken Friedman – photography
• Mark Brady – photography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Live at the 1988 Montreaux Jazz Festival . AllMusic . 23 October 2018.
2. Web site: Meredith . Bill . Carlos Santana & Wayne Shorter: Live at the 1988 Montreux Jazz Festival . . 2 November 2018 . 1 May 2007.
3. Web site: Spicer . Daniel . Carlos Santana & Wayne Shorter: Live at the 1988 Montreux Jazz Festival [DVD] ]. PopMatters . 2 November 2018 . en . 24 April 2007.