Borboletta
1974 studio album by Santana / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Borboletta is the sixth studio album by the American Latin rock band Santana. It is one of their jazz-funk-fusion oriented albums, along with Caravanserai (1972), and Welcome (1973). Non-band albums by Carlos Santana in this style also include Love Devotion Surrender (1973) with John McLaughlin and Illuminations (1974) with Alice Coltrane, Jack DeJohnette and Jules Broussard. The guitarist leaves much room to percussion, saxophone and keyboards to set moods ("Spring Manifestations"), as well as lengthy solos by himself ("Promise of a Fisherman") and vocals ("Give and Take", a funky guitar-led song). The record was released in a metallic blue sleeve displaying a butterfly, an allusion to the album Butterfly Dreams (1973) by Brazilian musician Flora Purim and her husband Airto Moreira, whose contributions deeply influenced the sound of Borboletta. In Portuguese, borboleta means "butterfly".
Borboletta | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 1974 | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion | |||
Length | 49:52 | |||
Label | CBS | |||
Producer | Carlos Santana, Michael Shrieve, Tom Coster | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | C+[2] |
Džuboks | (mixed)[3] |
Rolling Stone | (not rated)[4] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Original bassist David Brown returned to replace Doug Rauch and vocalist/keyboardist Leon Patillo joined. After the album's completion, drummer Michael Shrieve left, to be replaced by Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, who had guested on parts of the album.