The song is still in his band’s set list today, along with two other songs from the “Santana” album.“We begin our concerts with ‘Soul Sacrifice,’ ‘Jingo,’ ‘Evil Ways,’ and (John Coltrane’s) ‘A Love Supreme,’ and then we go into some of our new stuff. (Photo by Daniel Ruiz)Full circle from WoodstockThe 25th album by Santana, “Africa Speaks,” brings the guitarist full circle from Woodstock 50 years ago, when his then-unknown band wowed a crowd estimated at between 400,000 and 500,000.The group’s repertoire at the festival included Nigerian percussionist Babatunde Olatunji’s 1959 classic “Jin-go-lo-ba,” the Yoruban phrase for “Don’t worry.” “Jingo,” as it is also known, was also a standout track on Santana’s debut album, which was released just two weeks after Woodstock concluded. Because I make my choice, constantly, of only remembering the highlights, the best.”. So, all my highlights are extremely empowering. (Ticket information appears below.)“I have celestial selective memory: I only remember the good stuff. The mustachioed guitarist chuckled again when asked how vividly he recalled his music-making days in Tijuana - and if he ever thinks back to that time when he is on stage now.“You know, I’m 71 and, somehow, everything in my memory is very tangible and accessible,” said Santana, who performs here with the current iteration of his band on Sunday at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre. “But I learned to play music in a way that they felt comfortable with, like flowers blossoming in water next to the sun.”. It was in Tijuana, in nightspots, such as the Convoy Club, that Santana began to lay the foundation for the distinctive blues, rock, Latin and jazz hybrid that would become his trademark.“I learned how to play in a way that made women want to take off their clothes!” he said, speaking by phone recently from Los Angeles.Santana chuckled when his interviewer noted that the strippers the guitarist shared the stage with were being paid to take off their clothes, regardless of what kind of musical accompaniment they received.“They stripped,” he agreed.
But anything and everything - cha-cha, rumba, danzon, merengue, bachata - it all comes from Africa.”. It’s like they invented the original chicken soup and other people created different styles from it.
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