Trioxyde - Hey Carlos
The title of this album gives it away - it is a tribute to Carlos Santana. It is an instrumental tribute which concentrates on the jazz fusion side of Santana’s music.
Listening to the album transports you back to a period in time when The Old Grey Whistle Test was on the TV featuring blokes with long hair, sweaters and flares, mostly sitting around jamming. This predates my musical journey and I have to say that subsequent attempts to get into jazz fusion have been hit and miss affairs. Quite surprising then that I did ‘get’ this album. Some of the tracks have a real laid back feel that means they serve perfectly as chilli out music. Some of the more jazz elements I do have to in the right frame of mind for, but that happens more often than I would have anticipated.
If you are a Santana fan, or if you fancy a bit of music that would fit into a Starsky & Hutch or Miami Vice soundtrack, then this is one well worth checking out.