Santana Brothers – Santana Brothers (1994)

Santana Brothers (sometimes credited as simply Brothers) is a 1994 album by Carlos Santana, his brother Jorge, and his nephew Carlos Hernandez. Carlos joins brother Jorge (ex-Malo) and young nephew Carlos Hernandez in a six-string summit that puts the three guitarists in all-instrumental solo, duo and trio settings. Santana fans frustrated by the band’s invariably lame vocalists will eat up the Abraxis-style Latin blues of “Luz Amor y Vida” and the instrumental duel on “Brujo.”
This was released in 1994, before Santana would go on a 5 year recording break and then resurrect his career with Supernatural. It is 52 minutes long and the sound quality is excellent. Except for one track, this is an instrumental album. The best stuff on this album is driven by Jorge Santana. The album starts out great and ends great. It is powerful, slightly hard latin rock. There is a little discordant jazz mixed in. It is similar to the sound of “Caravanserai”, “Welcome” and “Borbarella” days.

Track List

01. Transmutation/Industrial (Santana, Santana) – 6:13
02. Thoughts (Hernandez) - 2:51
03. Luz Amor y Vida (Santana) - 5:09
04. En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor (Rodrigo) - 6:07
05. Contigo (With You) (Santana, Santana) – 4:55
06. Blues Latino (Hernandez, Santana, Santana) - 5:55
07. La Danza (Hernandez, Santana, Santana) – 6:55
08. Brujo (Hernandez, Santana) – 4:08
09. The Trip (Santana, Santana) – 3:53
10. Reflections (Santana) – 3:45
11. Morning in Marin (DeAndrade) – 2:27

Artist:  Santana Brothers
Title:  Santana Brothers
Year:  1994
Genre:  Latin Rock
Label:  Guts And Grace
Length:  51:51