The Swing of Delight
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The Swing of Delight is a 1980 album
by Carlos Santana
. It was one of four solo albums (the others being Love Devotion Surrender (1973), Illuminations (1974), Oneness (1979)) to be released under his temporary Buddhist
name Devadip Carlos Santana.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...
. It was one of four solo albums (the others being Love Devotion Surrender (1973), Illuminations (1974), Oneness (1979)) to be released under his temporary Buddhist
Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
name Devadip Carlos Santana.
Track listing
- "Swapan Tari" (Chinmoy) - 6:46
- "Love Theme from Spartacus" (Alex NorthAlex NorthAlex North was an American composer who wrote the first jazz-based film score and one of the first modernist scores written in Hollywood ....
) - 6:50 - "Phuler Matan" (Chinmoy) - 5:52
- "Song for My Brother" (Santana) - 6:56
- "Jharna Kala" (Chinmoy) - 7:11
- "Gardenia" (Santana) - 7:08
- "La Llave" (Santana) - 3:40
- "Golden Hours" (Santana) - 6:36
- "Sher Khan, the Tiger" (Wayne ShorterWayne ShorterWayne Shorter is an American jazz saxophonist and composer.He is generally acknowledged to be jazz's greatest living composer, and many of his compositions have become standards...
) - 5:45
Personnel
- Acoustic Bass – Ron Carter (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7, 9)
- Artwork [Front Cover Art] – Sri Chinmoy
- Artwork [Inside Art] – Tadanori Yokoo
- Bass – David Margen (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8,)
- Congas, Bongos, Percussion – Armando Peraza
- Congas, Percussion, Vocals – Raul Rekow
- Design [Concept] – Devadip Carlos Santana*
- Drums – Tony Williams* (tracks: 1, 3, 6), Graham Lear (tracks: 5, 8), Harvey Mason (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 9)
- Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar [12-string], Percussion, Vocals – Devadip Carlos Santana*
- Engineer [Assistant] – Bob Kovach
- Engineer [Digital] – Jeff Mestler, Paul Stubblebine
- Engineer [Guitar For Devadip Carlos Santana] – Steve Cain
- Engineer [Keyboard For Herbie Hancock] – Bryan Bell
- Engineer [Original Mixing], Producer – David Rubinson
- Engineer [Recording] – Leslie Ann Jones
- Photography By – Roger Ressmeyer
- Piano [Acoustic], Piano [Rhodes Electric], Clavinet, Synthesizer [Clavitar, Prophet 5, Yamaha Cs-80, Oberheim 8 Voice, Brass, Strings] – Herbie Hancock
- Reissue Producer – Moto Uehara
- Remastered By – Kouji Suzuki
- Soprano Saxophone – Russell Tubbs (tracks: 1, 3), Wayne Shorter (tracks: 2, 6, 9)
- Tenor Saxophone – Russell Tubbs (tracks: 4, 5), Wayne Shorter (tracks: 3, 9)
- Timbales, Percussion, Vocals – Orestes Vilato
- Written-By – D.C. Santana* (tracks: 4, 6 to 8), S. Chinmoy* (tracks: 1, 3, 5)