\n     Artists: VA\n     Album: Viva, Carlos! – A Supernatural Marathon Celebration\n     Year: 2006\n     Label: Tone Center\n     Genre: Latin Blues rock\n     Quality: MP3, 320 kbps\n     Size: 116,6 Mb\n     Total time: 50:25\n     Музыку Карлоса Сантаны исполняют такие звёзды как Винни Мур, Майк Стерн, Эрик Гэйлс, Эрик Джонсон, Фрэнк Гамбале, Роббен Форд, Элберт Ли, Коко Монтойя, Пэт Марино, Джефф Ричмэн.Всё получилось очень качественно, как музыка, так и сама запись. От этой интерпретации любители Сантаны получат истинное удовольствие.\n     Viva Carlos asks the musical question: What would ten classic Santana tracks sound like in the hands of ten different guitarists? The answer, in case you’re wondering, is like ten classic Santana tracks in the hands of ten different guitarists. Which isn’t to say I’m not jazzed about the idea or the results. Dave Weckl on drums, ten amazing axemen, you had me at Viva. But it’s a little like bringing ten of the world’s best drummers together for a tribute to Ringo Starr. Carlos Santana was never a flashy guitarist, and some of the fiery fretwork on Viva Carlos seems less a tribute than a trump. Each of the ten guitarists on Viva Carlos has a distinctive style: Eric Gales, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson. With the same backing band in place from track to track, it’s the lead guitarist who sets the tone. Again that’s the idea, but I’m not sure that was the idea that Santana originally intended for these. If Carlos had wanted to solo all over these songs, he would have. He didn’t. His solos were often restrained, contained to the middle, lyrical and not lightning fast. So to say that this music is true to the spirit of Santana, I don’t know. (Tom Watson does. You should read his review at Modern Guitars.) The cynic in me sees the pairing of great guitarists and great brands (okay, maybe not so much McLaughlin) as low-hanging fruit. Tasty fruit, maybe even delicious to guitar gourmands, but not some years-in-the-making opus. Still, there are worse ways to spend an hour than listening to very talented people play the music of Santana in their own idiom.\n