Santana · Arena VFG, Guadalajara (Mexique) · 2013

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Live video · Latin · 2010s

Santana — Corazón: Live from Mexico, Guadalajara, 2013

Why this recording

On Front Row Music, which points to Sony Pictures' digital release, the concert is presented in one continuous stretch: 2 hours 43 minutes. The description widens the list of participants beyond the best-known names, adding ChocQuibTown, Niña Pastori, Samuel Rosa, Soledad and Elan Atias. There is a family side to the night too, with Cindy Blackman Santana and Salvador Santana among the credited musicians. The 2023 upload, in standard definition, came alongside the theatrical release of the Carlos documentary.

Simon Janvier, live-sound professional and editor of the catalogue

Full live concert of Santana filmed at Arena VFG in Guadalajara, Mexico, on 14 December 2013, and released as Corazón: Live from Mexico – Live It to Believe It. This full concert accompanies the album Corazón, Carlos Santana’s Latin project featuring numerous guests. On stage the legendary guitarist, revealed at Woodstock in 1969, blends his timeless classics — Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen, Oye Como Va, Samba Pa Ti, Europa, Smooth, Corazón Espinado and Maria Maria — with Latin collaborations alongside Juanes, Romeo Santos, Miguel, Gloria Estefan, Fher Olvera of Maná, Lila Downs and Diego Torres. The recording conveys the fervour of a captivated Mexican audience and Santana’s inimitable signature: incandescent sustain, singing phrasing and a fusion of rock, blues, jazz and Afro-Latin rhythms. A reference document for lovers of Latin rock, Latin music and guitar in concert, immortalising one of the greatest guitarists in history in a fully Latin, festive context, surrounded by a generation of Spanish-speaking artists and preserved in full.

Setlist

  1. Jingo
  2. Iron Lion Zion
  3. La Flaca
  4. Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen
  5. Oye Como Va
  6. Samba Pa Ti
  7. Amor Correspondido
  8. Margarita
  9. Indy
  10. Maria Maria
  11. Evil Ways
  12. Europa
  13. Besos De Lejos
  14. Corazón Espinado
  15. Smooth
  16. Soul Sacrifice
  17. Saideira

Personnel & credits

  • Carlos Santana — guitar
  • Juanes — guest
  • Romeo Santos — guest
  • Miguel — guest
  • Gloria Estefan — guest
  • Fher Olvera — guest
  • Lila Downs — guest
  • Diego Torres — guest
  • Cindy Blackman Santana — drums