Santana, Carlos/bill Laswell
Divine Light (2lp)
The American bass guitarist and record producer Bill Laswell has been involved in thousands of recordings with many great artists, including Herbie Hancock, Fela Kuti, Pharoah Sanders and even produced the Miles Davis remix album 'Panthalassa'. He draws his music from funk, world music, jazz, dub, and ambient styles. His 2001 album 'Divine Light' features inspired "reconstructions and mix translations" of tracks from Carlos Santana's first spiritual explorations. For this album, Laswell went for the two albums that were an explicit acknowledgement of Santana's love of John Coltrane, 'Illuminations' (1974) and 'Love Devotion Surrender' (1973). Comes on a 2LP set on 180 gram vinyl.