Abraxas Pool

Abraxas Pool Artist: Abraxas Pool , Neal Schon , Gregg Rolie , and Michael Shrieve
Label: Miramar
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 090062308220
EAN: 0090062308220
ASIN: B000003IPP


Release Date: 1997-03-25

Abraxas Pool


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Tracks:

  1. Boom Ba Ya Ya
  2. A Million Miles Away
  3. Baila Mi Cha-Cha
  4. Waiting For You
  5. Going Home
  6. Szabo
  7. Guajirona
  8. Cruzin'
  9. Don't Give Up
  10. Ya Llego
  11. Jingo

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Perfect Mix Of Early Santana & Journey.......2006-12-08

This Record SHOULD have been Huge, but Alas that was not to be. With Four Members of 1969 Santana Band: Greg Rolie, Michael Shrieve, Jose "Chepito" Areas and Michael Carabello, Joined Together with Santana's Most Famous 'Second' Guitarist and Founding Member (With Greg Rolie) of Journey, Neal Schon and Later-Day Santana Bassist Alphonso Johnson. All the Elements are Here, With the Powerful Percussion Force of Shrieve/Areas & Carabello and those Smooth Vocals and Keyboards of Greg, the Stellar Guitar of Neal Schon, This Cd is Something Special. The fact that only a few of us would hear this Amazing Music is Quite a Shame.

That said "Abraxas Pool" is a CD that BELONGS in any Music Collection. With the BIG Drum Sound of the Opening Number "Boom Ba Ya Ya" it is Clear to all that this Train has not lost any Steam, To Describe the Sound of these Musicians is like describing Being Charged by a Runaway Elephant in Some Steamy Jungle. The Second Tune: "A Million Miles Away" would have Sounded Real Good on the Radio. Also of Note Are the Great Tunes: "Going Home" and "Don't Give Up" that as Good as Anything from The 1969 -1971 Period that these Musicians Remember with Great Fondness. Mr. Neal Schon get's a Showcase Number on the Wonderful: "Szabo" that has the Pure Emotion of the Best of The Santana Band. But "Abraxas Pool" is not Locked in the Past, this Music is New & Fresh and the Production is Top-Notch. Just one Listen to the new version of "Jingo" will Prove that to your ears.

Except for a Short Tour of The West Coast and this Stunning CD, Abraxas Pool is no more. Pick this up whilst it is Still Available. FIVE STARS !!!

5 out of 5 stars Not Surprised.......2006-01-22

Greg Rolie is a masterful song writer and musician. This album has latin funk, ballads, and rock. It's one of my favorites and has to be of yours, if you like the the Santana genre'. The explosive percussion and dynamic guitar work (Neal Schon) is unbelievable and will elevate the blood pressure.

5 out of 5 stars Remembering Santana Band.......2005-08-09

This cd is as close as you can get to the original Santana sound.
Most of the original members are here. However, Carlos Santana and Dave Brown (bass player) are not included here; unfortunately these two musicians are missing from the original pack. Never the less the music is good, and the rest of the band is great too!

5 out of 5 stars Great Stuff!!!.......2005-03-22

This is simply great stuff. I bought a recent Neal Scon album, and was directed to this one, and purchased the CD purely on what other reveiwers had written.

it really is fantastic; from the soaring guitar work on Waiting For You, to the introspection on Szabo. The album certainly has similarities to the orginal Abraxas by Santana, but it is sufficiently different to be of interest. Because let's face it; there can and will only ever be one Abraxas.

The latin feels are throughout, and the recording standards are high. There is some great music on this CD.

As an aside; P A Green (of Fleetwood mac, John Mayall blusebreakers etc) was the Original writer of Black Magic Woman. Both their original and Santana's cover are excellent!!

5 out of 5 stars The best Santana yet !!!.......2004-11-17

I had fairly low expectations but was cautiously optomistic when I first got this CD.
I always loved the first 3 Santana albums and although I think Carlos is a genius, one of a kind, I don't think the ensuing efforts have ever matched the first three.
This one matches and exceeds! This is the Santana album I have been waiting 30 years for and Carlos Santana didn't even participate.
Greg and Neal along with the other members of the best Santana band ever make that fourth album we expected when we got sidetracked by Carlos' new direction and experimentation. I have played it over and over and every cut is great.

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