The project features 11 tracks – three of them previously unreleased – and delivers collaborations with Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Paolo Rustichelli, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels and Cindy Blackman Santana, among others….including the lead track, "Please Don't Take Your Love," that paired Santana with Smokey Robinson.
The original version – featured on Robinson's 2009 album, “Time Flies When You're Having Fun” – saw Santana contrast Robinson's shimmering vibrato with searing, soul-shaking soloing. The alternate take on Sentient is no less emotionally wrenching, but as Santana notes, it boasts a never-before-heard guitar performance.
"I went to the studio and did my own thing. I said, 'Let's just roll it'”, recalls Santana. “I did another take with Smokey sort of guiding me. Smokey loved them both, so he wound up combining the two. What's on Sentient is the first version."
Santana was inspired to compile the remastered material and sequence it in a way that allows a new and dramatic story to emerge.
"I'm always driven by passion, emotion and inner instinct," he says. "When I first heard these tracks floating around in the house, I said, 'Why don't we put these all in one place?'"
Santana will support “Sentient” on his 2025 Oneness Tour, with North American dates starting April 16 in Highland, CA and will be followed a summer series across the UK and Europe starting June 9 in Lodz, Poland.
Get more details and pre-order your copy of “Sentient” here.
See also:
Santana announces 2025 Oneness Tour dates
Santana announces North American tour
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