Fantastically Melded Instruments
Santana has been around for a number of years grabbing classical latino musical sounds, mixing in jazz, blues, a little rock, and they now successfully have come back with there new album, Santana IV. Carlos Santana is one of the best guitarist in the world and an amazing songwriter. Blues Magic is an amazing mixture of blue and jazz that has the instruments play into each other and melt to make a beautiful sound that is so rich it is hard to put into words. Starting with that iconic guitar, there are sublime riffs sprinkled through the song that echo against the chords that are played through the whole thing. The solo is unbelievably smooth. Santana is absolutely brilliant with the guitar using technically good tricks perfectly. But he has a great talent for practically singing through his guitar, and that is what makes his guitar so good, it feels like it has it’s own personality and is alive it is so good. The drums are great, following the song strongly and smoothly, but the extra bongos and other percussion parts really bring a lot of personality to the song. The bass is pretty good, but almost impossible to pick out with the organ parts continually playing in the background (which is a nice touch, adding a little “soul.” But they do drown out the bass which is too bad). Gregg Rolie is the main vocalist, and he does a great job, almost as good as his days when Black Magic Woman came out. The instruments never are loud or boisterous, they are sophisticated and show a perfect amount of control, that is what make this song just become one beautiful piece. In an era or fast paced electronic fueled music, it is very refreshing to hear this.
Originality:7
Instruments:9
Vocals:7
Longevity:7
Red Score:7.5
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