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Festival (Santana album)

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Released
  
January 1977

Length
  
45:32

Artist
  
Santana

Label
  
CBS Records International

Recorded
  
1976

Festivál (1977)
  
Moonflower (1977)

Release date
  
January 1977

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Producer
  
David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.

Genres
  
Jazz fusion, Rock en español

Similar
  
Santana albums, Jazz fusion albums

Festivál is a 1977 album from Santana. It was their eighth studio album. It peaked number twenty seven in the Billboard 200 chart and number twenty nine in the R&B Albums chart.

Contents

Side one

  1. "Carnaval" (Tom Coster, Carlos Santana) – 2:15
  2. "Let the Children Play" (Leon Patillo, Santana) – 3:28
  3. "Jugando" (José Areas, Santana) – 2:12
  4. "Give Me Love" (Pablo Téllez) – 4:29
  5. "Verão Vermelho" (Nonato Buzar) – 5:00
  6. "Let the Music Set You Free" (Coster, Patillo, David Rubinson, Santana) – 3:39

Side two

  1. "Revelations" (Coster, Santana) – 4:37
  2. "Reach Up" (Coster, Patillo, Rubinson, Santana) – 5:23
  3. "The River" (Patillo, Santana) – 4:53
  4. "Try a Little Harder" (Patillo) – 5:04
  5. "María Caracóles" (Traditional) – 4:32

Personnel

  • Oren Waters – vocals, background vocals
  • Maxine Willard Waters – vocals, background vocals
  • Francisco Zavala – vocals, background vocals
  • Carlos Santana – guitar, bass, percussion, vocals, background vocals
  • Leon Patillo – keyboards, percussion, piano, vocals, background vocals
  • Tom Coster – keyboards, percussion, synthesizer, vocals
  • Pablo Téllez – bass, percussion, vocals, background vocals
  • Paul Jackson – bass
  • Gaylord Birch – drums, percussion, tympani
  • José "Chepitó" Areas – conga, percussion, timbales
  • Raul Rekow – conga, percussion, background vocals
  • Joel Badie – percussion, vocals, background vocals
  • Julia Waters – background vocals
  • Production:

  • Fred Catero – engineer
  • David Rubinson – engineer, producer
  • Songs

    1Carnaval2:15
    2Let the Children Play3:29
    3Jugando2:12

    References

    Festival (Santana album) Wikipedia