Product Details

• Actors: Santana
• Format: Blu-ray, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Eagle Rock Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: February 21, 2012
• Run Time: 204 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B006T8KT6M
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,946 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #28 in Movies & TV > Blu-ray > Music Videos & Concerts

Editorial Reviews

Santana were founded in the late sixties and came into the spotlight following their appearance at the Woodstock festival in 1969. Their eponymous debut album was released the same year and became a global success, introducing the public to the band's unique blend of latin rhythms and guitar based rock. With legendary guitarist and band leader Carlos Santana at the helm, hit albums and singles followed through the seventies, eighties, nineties and up to the present day. Both Carlos and the band have been frequent visitors to Montreux over the years and in 2011 they presented a stunning concert of their greatest hits, classic album tracks and brilliant cover versions from their debut album right up to 2010 s Guitar Heaven . This is the ultimate Santana live concert and absolutely not to be missed. / Special Guests include Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks and Cindy Blackman-Santana / Bonus Features:
Interviews with the band / Behind the scenes / Track Listing:
1) Spark Of The Divine 2) SOCC 3) Back In Black 4) Singing Winds, Crying Beasts 5) Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen 6) Oye Como Va 7) Maria, Maria 8) Foo Foo 9) Corazon Espinado / Guajira 10) Benny & Cindy Solo 11) Jingo 12) Carlos Speaks / Novus 13) Europa (Earth s Cry, Heaven s Smile) / I Want You 14) Batuka / No One To Depend On 15) Duende / Open Invitation 16) Make Somebody Happy / Right On Be Free 17) Evil Ways / A Love Supreme 18) Sunshine Of Your Love 19) Smooth / Dame Tu Amor 20) Soul Sacrifice / Dennis Drum Solo 21) Samba Pa Ti 22) Into The Night 23) Love, Peace And Happiness / Freedom

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

54 of 58 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Santana Lights Up The Geneva Shoreline With "Live In Montreux" February 19, 2012

By Randy Patterson

Format:DVD

I was first turned on to Santana as a 12 year kid in 1971. I heard Black Magic Woman on the radio and was hooked. Later that year, I received the Santana III album for Christmas. I wore the thing out! I've been following Carlos Santana's career for almost 41 years since those days.

I was ecstatic when I received my copy of Santana Live At Montreux - especially when I saw that it had all the tunes that made me a fan of the Woodstock veteran and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1998 inductee. I've watched and love Carlos' other DVD's but I must say that Live in Montreux is, by (and so) far, my favorite.

Filmed in high-definition and recorded in DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital 5.1 and LPCM Stereo, the 2-DVD set is a virtual treasure chest contained in a 23-song show lasting over three hours. The show was filmed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in beautiful Montreux, Switzerland, a place as timeless as Santana's music performed on these discs. As Santana says in the interview contained within the set's Bonus Features, the venue and festival is "the concert concerts". Watching the video only rekindled my desire to again visit the beautiful city on "the Lake Geneva shoreline" (to quote Deep Purple).

In addition to Santana and his incredibly tight band serving up crowd favorites as only he (and they) can, he infuses his performance with riffs from iconic songs from the day. To me, it symbolizes not only how interwoven the music is into the soundtrack of our minds and youth, but also just how intertwined Carlos is into the musical fabric of society.

The aforementioned interview with Carlos is spectacular. Chris Cowey asks many of the same kinds of questions that I would ask. Cowey also superbly interviews Carlos' wife, Cindy Blackman Santana (whose intense drum solo featured in the show will leave your mouth gaping long after she's finished). As an interviewer, I would buy the discs just for the interviews but that's just how I am.

A very special treat in the form of the husband/wife team of Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks as they add their skills to Make Somebody Happy/Right On Be Free. Wow! Do they ever tear it up! In addition to Cindy Blackman Santana's incredible drum solo, there is also an awesome display of skin bounding by Carlos' drummer, Dennis Chambers. I could watch those two drum solos all day long.

While each cut on these two discs are worth buying the set over, Boomerocity favorites are: Open Invitation, Samb Pa Ti, and Carlos' interpretation of the Cream hit, Sunshine of Your Love that was covered on Santana's Guitar Heaven CD.

I highly recommend this concert DVD to hard core Santana fans, rock fans in general as well as serious musicians. I also recommend visiting the beautiful city of Montreux if you ever get the chance. Its beauty and history will impact your life just as Santana's music has and does.

Boomerocity.com

80 of 99 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS NOT SANTANA!!!!!! March 2, 2012

By The Drummer

Format:Blu-ray

I consider myself a life long Santana fan having been one since Santana's first album came out but what he has done to these songs is just plain WRONG. And if you are a true Santana fan, you know this is true. I have been a drummer over 30 years and I owe my interest in drums to the Santana Band and their very first album. First of all, what's with the horns? The horns he used on Santana III were cool but ever since Supernatural came out they add absolutely nothing to the Santana "sound". They make the songs sound like cheap imitations of the originals. And what's with the "movie" musical interludes on some of the songs? I want to hear the songs they way they should go, they don't have to be note per note but....I don't need any Clint Eastwood movie music, etc music in your show. Black Magic Woman, Open Invitation, etc ARE NOT DUETS!!!!! Tony Lindsay is the ONLY lead vocalist that should be on that stage. He is a true vocalist and is the best singer you have had since Alex Ligertwood. I mean listen to him...he always sings like it's going to be his swan song. And last I remember wasn't Open Invitation a rock tune??? Couldn't tell by this concert. The Santana band I remember didn't need guest musicians or singers to play on their albums much less their concerts. The percussion section gets drowned out by guess who....the percussion. Raul has the right idea....congas, maybe a gong. Karl, all you need is a set of timbales, couple of cowbells, cymbals, maybe a few effects. That's all "Chepito" and Orestes Vilato needed. It's all about quality, not quantity. Hell, I am going to confuse your setup with Terry Bozzio's setup. Let's see how many different percussion instruments I can fit into this song or how many times I can hit some percussion intrument in this song....WRONG!!! I believe these are some of the reasons why Chester Thompson, who is dearly missed, left the band as well as other Santana mainstays. Dennis Chambers...you are incredible, (Brecker Bros, etc), but you are wasting your time and energy here. Other than your solos, if I was blindfolded, I wouldn't know you were the drummer in this band. The songs Santana has come out with the past 10 years or so just don't have any originality left in them. It pains me to write this stuff but Santana hasn't been Santana for a long time. Please, Carlos, for your life long fans, give us one more "SANTANA" album before it's too late. I know that even from "Santana 1", many your songs weren't originals, but you made them your own...like Jungle Strut (Santana III) originally done by Gene Ammons (sax man). Didn't you once criticize Herb Alpert, in an interview, for being a sellout???? GOT A MIRROR???? I realize Clive has made you more money from Supernatural than you have ever see and I guess that's the bottom line. I miss the real Santana. Shrieve, Chepito, Rolie, Carabello, Coster, Thompson, Lear, Ligertwood, Vilato, Peraza.....HELP!!!!!!!!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Your Santana You have Come to Love April 9, 2012

By A. P. Darnell

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

first the drum solo by his wife, the biggest waste of time and none music portion .. missing are many of his solid backing band thru the years like keyboardist Chester Thomas and it shows as the musicians are merely copying that of the valued missed players .. the blue ray has its moments, you cant fail as a professional musician as he to pull off something of value .. there is some value to the old tunes and some to the new but it seems cheesy Vegas show like and going thru the paces and not the soul he had for many many concerts thru the years... great pic but the sound suffers on the man himself, wheres the biting guitar ? .. buy it, yes if your a long time Santana fan like I but get a discounted used version, then your money will be well spent