Borboletta
Borboletta is the sixth studio album by the American Latin rock band Santana. It is one of their jazz-funk-fusion oriented albums, along with Caravanserai, and Welcome. Non-band albums by Carlos Santana in this style also include Love Devotion Surrender with John McLaughlin and Santana album)|Illuminations] with Alice Coltrane, Jack DeJohnette and Jules Broussard. The guitarist leaves much room to percussion, saxophone and keyboards to set moods, as well as lengthy solos by himself and vocals. The record was released in a metallic blue sleeve displaying a butterfly, an allusion to the album Butterfly Dreams by Brazilian musician Flora Purim and her husband Airto Moreira, whose contributions deeply influenced the sound of Borboletta. In Portuguese, borboleta means "butterfly".
Original bassist David Brown returned to replace Doug Rauch along with bassist Stanley Clarke on some tracks. Vocalist/keyboardist Leon Patillo also joined. After the album's completion, drummer Michael Shrieve left, to be replaced by Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, who had guested on parts of the album.
Personnel
- Leon Patillo – vocals, piano, electric piano, organ
- Flora Purim – vocals
- Jules Broussard – soprano and tenor saxophones
- Carlos Santana – guitar percussion, congas, gong, vocals, producer
- Tom Coster – piano, Hammond organ, electric piano, Fender Rhodes, organ, Moog synthesizer, producer
- Stanley Clarke – bass guitar
- David Brown – bass guitar
- Michael Shrieve – drums, producer
- Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums
- Airto Moreira – drums, percussion, sound effects, triangle, vocals
- Armando Peraza – percussion, congas, bongos, soprano saxophone
- José Areas – timbales, congas
- Michael Carpenter – echoplex