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Santana
Shaman

Album US 2002 on Arista label
Rock (Blues Rock, Classic Rock)

"Includes Bandlink connection for access to music videos, exclusive, updated content & more!" 1: Engineered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, MT Studios, Miami, FL & Studio G, Miami, FL; Mixed at Santander Studios, Miami, FL 2: Engineered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA & The Hit Factory, NYC; Mixed at The Hit Factory, NYC 3: Engineered at The Big Space, Santa Monica, CA & Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA 4: Engineered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, CubeJam, Miami, FL & SARM West, London, England 5: Engineered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, CubeJam, Miami, FL, O Henry Studios, Burbank, CA & The Hit Factory, NYC 6, 7: Engineered & Mixed at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA 8: Engineered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA & Platinum Sound Studios, NYC; Mixed at Platinum Sound Studios, NYC 9: Engineered at Signature Sound, CA, Studio Four, PA, Sparky Dark, CA & The Hit Factory, NYC; Mixed at Image Studios, CA 10: Engineered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA & Electric Lady Studios, NYC 11: Engineered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, CubeJam, Miami, FL, The Gallery, Miami, FL & Cello Studios, Hollywood, CA 12: Engineered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA & Metropolis, London, England; Mixed at Metropolis, London, England 13: Engineered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA & Maitreya's Music Room, Seattle, WA; Mixed at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA 14: Engineered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA & Where's My Cut Studio, Hollywood, CA; Mixed at Where's My Cut Studio, Hollywood, CA 15: Engineered at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, WorldBeat Recording, Calabasas, CA, TRG Studios, Burbank, CA & Eckl Park, LA, CA; Mixed at WorldBeat Recording, Calabasas, CA 16: Engineered at Santana Studios, San Rafael, CA, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA, Wallyworld, San Rafael, CA, & Music Grinder Studios, LA, CA; Mixed at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA 3, 4, 5, 10, 11: Mixed at Larrabee Studios North, North Hollywood, CA Mastered at Masterdisk, NYC 5: Contains replayed elements from "Estamos Chao," written by Javier Vazquez, published by EMI Longitude Music, adm. by EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) 9: Based on an original concept by Jason Roberts, JB Eckl, KC Porter & Asdru Sierra 15: Drum loops courtesy of Spectrasonics' Retro Funk

Musicians

	Santana , *1967 US album by
	Barbara Wesotski , a&r, administration
	Rani Hancock a&r, administration
	Carlos Santana g, voc, *1947 US acoustic guitar, acoustic nylon strings guitar, electric guitar, electric lead guitar, producer, album producer, arranged by, horn arrangements, rainstick, vocals, written by, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, timbales, keyboards, written by, backing vocals
	Benny Rietveld b, US bass, arranged by, string arrangement
	Su. Suttle design, logo
	Chester Thompson key, keyboards, piano, organ, organ, hammond b3, electric piano, fender rhodes
	Karl Perazzo perc, tim, US percussion, congas, written by, drums, backing vocals, congas, timbales
	Justin Lieberman , technician, pro tools
	Tone , technician, pro tools
	Fernando Tobon g, CO bass, electric guitar, mandolin, cuatro, backing vocals, arranged by
	Jose Gaviria key, voc, *1970 CO keyboards, backing vocals, engineer, programmed by, arranged by
	Andres Munera , keyboards, engineer, programmed by, arranged by
	Tony Lindsay voc, US lead vocals, vocals, additional
	Andy Vargas voc, US vocals, vocals, additional, lead vocals
	Rene Martinez perc, acoustic guitar
	Rene Toledo g, *1957 CU acoustic guitar, acoustic steel string guitar
	Peter Wade Keusch , engineer, technician, pro tools
	Musiq voc, *1977 US lead vocals
	Dan Shea , US programmed by
	Cory Rooney , written by, backing vocals
	Raul Rekow cng, perc, 1954-2015 US congas, written by, congas, backing vocals
	Brian Collier dr, US drums
	Rusty Anderson g, *1959 US electric guitar, additional
	Michelle Branch g, key, *1983 US lead vocals, backing vocals
	Luis Conte perc, *1954 CU percussion, additional
	Marty Wehner tb, trombone
	Jeff Cressman tb, US trombone, arranged by, horn arrangements
	Julius Melendez tr, trumpet
	Bill Ortiz tr, US trumpet, arranged by, horn arrangements
	Rick Nowels , *1960 US written by, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards
	Manny Lopez , acoustic guitar, additional
	Lester Mendez key, syn, US arranged by, keyboards, engineer, programmed by, written by, percussion, engineer, programmed by, arranged by, keyboards, engineer, programmed by, arranged by, horn arrangement
	Seal g, b, *1963 GB lead vocals
	Havana Hustlers , programmed by
	Juan Cristobal Losada , percussion, engineer
	Paquito Hechavarria p, 1939-2012 US piano, acoustic
	Larry Phillabaum , technician, pro tools
	Rick Sheppard , technician, pro tools
	Jesus "Chuchi" Jorge , trumpet, trombone
	Macy Gray bvoc, voc, *1967 US written by, lead vocals
	Dennis Chambers dr, *1959 US drums
	Santana Featuring Melky , performer on track
	Melky , lead vocals
	Serge Tsai , technician, pro tools
	Dayona Pringle , vocals, additional
	Kenny Muhammad The Human Orchestra , *1968 vocals, additional
	Governor voc, written by, lead vocals
	Traa Daniels b, voc, *1970 US written by, bass
	Wuv Bernardo dr, voc, *1974 written by, drums
	Marcos Curiel g, voc, *1974 written by, guitar
	Sonny Sandoval voc, *1974 US written by, lead vocals
	Me'Shell NdegéOcello b, voc, *1968 US bass
	Brady Blade perc, dr, *1965 US drums
	John Ginty org, p, *1972 US organ, keyboards
	Bashiri Johnson perc, *1955 US percussion
	Clarence Greenwood ttbl, *1968 US written by, lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, additional
	Leland Sklar b, *1947 US bass, chorus bass
	R.J. Ronquillo org, voc, g, guitar, additional
	Tim Pierce g, *1959 US guitar, additional
	Ed Calle sax, *1959 saxophone
	Chris Forrest , technician, pro tools
	Chad Kroeger voc, g, *1974 CA written by, lead vocals
	Martin McCorry , acoustic guitar
	Dave Randall g, acg, electric guitar, additional
	Mark Bates key, keyboards
	Sister Bliss bvoc, *1971 GB keyboards
	Dido voc, *1971 GB lead vocals
	Jody Linscott perc, cng, GB percussion
	Phill Brown , *1955 GB recorded by, vocals
	Michael Shrieve dr, *1949 US written by, drums, arranged by, horn loops
	Klaus Derendorf , US rhythm guitar, written by
	Jeeve , rhythm guitar, engineer, programmed by
	Alejandro Lerner p, ep, *1957 AR written by, lead vocals
	Wil-Dog Abers b, bass
	Shangó Dely perc, CO congas, shekere, drums, kenya drum
	Sebastian Arocha Morton , engineer, organ, hammond b3
	Raul Pacheco voc, g, US rhythm guitar
	Jiro Yamaguchi perc, tab, bvoc, US talking drum, tabla
	Ulises Bella , US tenor saxophone
	Arturo Velasco tb, US trombone
	Asdru Sierra voc, tr, trumpet, backing vocals
	Andreas Allen g, ttbl, key, GB turntables
	KC Porter key, written by, electric piano, keyboards, drum programming, backing vocals, engineer
	JB Eckl , written by, lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, drum programming, backing vocals, engineer
	Robert Conley key, *1973 US engineer, technician, pro tools
	Placido Domingo voc, *1941 ES lead vocals
	Walter Afanasieff key, p, *1958 US producer, vocal, written by
	Carla Picchi vn, US strings
	David Schoenbrun , strings
	Deborah Price vn, US strings
	Emily Onderdonk vl, strings
	James Shallenberger vn, strings
	Jeremy Cohen vn, strings
	Joseph Edelberg vn, US strings
	Joseph Hébert vc, US strings
	Marika Hughes vc, voc, US strings
	Paul Ehrlich , strings
	Sarah Knutson vn, strings
	Nick Thomas , US technician, pro tools

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