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{{Infobox album
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| name = The Swing of Delight

| type = Album
{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = The Swing of Delight
| artist = [[Carlos Santana|Devadip Carlos Santana]]
| Type = [[Album]]
| cover = SantanaSwingOfDelightAlbum.jpg
| Artist = [[Carlos Santana|Santana]]
| alt =
| released = August 1980
| Cover = SantanaSwingOfDelightAlbum.jpg
| Released = August 1980
| recorded =
| Length = 56:59
| venue =
| studio =
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| Producer = [[David Rubinson]] & Friends, Inc.
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| length = 56:59
| Last album = ''[[Marathon (Santana album)|Marathon]]''<br />(1979)
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| This album = ''The Swing of Delight''<br />(1980)
| producer = [[David Rubinson]] & Friends, Inc.
| Next album = ''[[Zebop!]]''<br />(1981)
| prev_title = [[Marathon (Santana album)|Marathon]]
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = [[Zebop!]]
| next_year = 1981
}}
}}
'''''The Swing of Delight''''' is a 1980 [[double album]] by [[Carlos Santana]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/carlos-santana|title=Carlos Santana - Record Collector Magazine|website=recordcollectormag.com}}</ref> It was released under his temporary [[Sanskrit]] name ''Devadip'' Carlos Santana, given to him by [[Sri Chinmoy]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c9xqCwAAQBAJ&q=the+swing+of+delight+devadip+carlos+santana+1980&pg=PT119|title=The Lyrics of Civility: Biblical Images & Popular Music Lyrics in American Culture|first=Kenneth|last=Bielen|date=January 20, 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317713500|via=Google Books}}</ref> It peaked at #65 on the charts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/devadip-carlos-santana|title=Devadip Carlos Santana Chart History|website=Billboard}}</ref>

On the album, Santana is joined by musicians from the [[Santana (band)|Santana]] band as well as members of [[Miles Davis]]' [[Second great quintet|1960s quintet]]: saxophonist [[Wayne Shorter]], pianist [[Herbie Hancock]], bassist [[Ron Carter]], and drummer [[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]], whom Santana described as "the best musicians on the planet."<ref name="allmusic" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Weinstein |first=Norman |title=Carlos Santana: A Biography |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=2009 |pages=61–62 }}</ref> Santana later recalled that he was "scared to death" in the studio, but stated that playing with such top-notch musicians "will make a guitar player turn down—turn it down and go deep, deep inside himself for the inner stuff."<ref>{{cite book |last=Santana |first=Carlos |title=The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light |publisher=Little, Brown and Company |year=2014 }}</ref>

''The Swing of Delight'' was the last album on which Santana used the name Devadip, as he left Chinmoy's circle in 1982 due to his having become disillusioned with the guru.<ref name="aaj" /><ref>{{cite book |last=Weinstein |first=Norman |title=Carlos Santana: A Biography |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=2009 |pages=62–63 }}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}} <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r17348 |title=The Swing of Delight - Carlos Santana &#124; AllMusic |first=William |last=Ruhlmann |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=28 August 2011}}</ref>
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/r17348 |title=The Swing of Delight - Carlos Santana &#124; AllMusic |first=William |last=Ruhlmann |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |access-date=28 August 2011}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Piero Scaruffi]]
| rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev2score = (5.5/10)<ref name="scaruffireview">{{cite web |first=Piero |last=Scaruffi |url=http://www.scaruffi.com/vol2/santana.html#title |title=Carlos Santana |publisher=pieroscaruffi.com |year=1999 |accessdate=August 16, 2013}}</ref>
| rev2Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=DeCurtis |editor1-first=Anthony |editor-last2=George-Warren |editor2-first=Holly |editor-last3=Henke |editor3-first=James |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |publisher=Random House |year=1992 |pages=620 }}</ref>
}}
}}
In a review for [[AllMusic]], William Ruhlmann called the album "a varied, jazz-oriented session that was one of [Carlos Santana's] more pleasant excursions from the standard Santana sound."<ref name="allmusic" />
'''''The Swing of Delight''''' is a 1980 double [[album]] by [[Carlos Santana]]. It was the last of three solo albums (the others being Illuminations (1974), Oneness (1979)'') to be released under his temporary [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] name ''Devadip'' Carlos Santana.

Rob Caldwell of ''[[All About Jazz]]'' stated that the album "hangs together remarkably well and still sounds fresh," and praised the "exemplary accompanying musicians."<ref name="aaj">{{cite web |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/light-of-the-supreme-carlos-santanas-devadip-trilogy-by-rob-caldwell |title=Carlos Santana: Light Of The Supreme: Carlos Santana’s Devadip Trilogy |first=Rob |last=Caldwell |date=August 15, 2015 |website=All About Jazz |access-date=November 25, 2022}}</ref>

Writing for ''Elsewhere'', [[Graham Reid (journalist)|Graham Reid]] called the recording "One of those albums which was fascinating at the time, disappeared into history and which, when pulled off the shelf again offers some rewarding pieces as much as it frustrates at times."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/albumconsidered/10024/devadip-carlos-santana-the-swing-of-delight-considered-1980-so-that-happened |title=Devadip Carlos Santana. The Swing of Delight, Considered (1980): So, that happened... |first=Graham |last=Reid |date=September 27, 2021 |website=Elsewhere |access-date=November 25, 2022}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==


===Side one===
===Side one===
#"Swapan Tari" (Chinmoy) - 6:46
#"Swapan Tari" <small>([[Sri Chinmoy]])</small> – 6:46
#"Love Theme from "Spartacus"" ([[Alex North]]) - 6:50
#"Love Theme from "Spartacus"" <small>([[Alex North]])</small> – 6:50


===Side two===
===Side two===
#"Phuler Matan" (Chinmoy) - 5:52
#"Phuler Matan" <small>(Chinmoy)</small> – 5:52
#"Song for My Brother" (Santana) - 6:56
#"Song for My Brother" <small>([[Carlos Santana]])</small> – 6:56


===Side three===
===Side three===
#"Jharna Kala" (Chinmoy) - 7:11
#"Jharna Kala" <small>(Chinmoy)</small> – 7:11
#"Gardenia" (Santana) - 7:08
#"Gardenia" <small>(Santana)</small> – 7:08


===Side four===
===Side four===
#"La Llave" (Santana) - 3:40
#"La Llave" <small>(Santana)</small> – 3:40
#"Golden Hours" (Santana) - 6:36
#"Golden Hours" <small>(Santana)</small> – 6:36
#"Sher Khan, the Tiger" ([[Wayne Shorter]]) - 5:45
#"Sher Khan, the Tiger" <small>([[Wayne Shorter]])</small> – 5:45


== Personnel ==
==Credits <ref>http://www.discogs.com/Devadip-Carlos-Santana-The-Swing-Of-Delight/release/2566750</ref>==
'''Musicians'''
* Devadip Carlos Santana – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, percussion, vocals
* [[Wayne Shorter]] – soprano saxophone (tracks: 2, 6, 9), tenor saxophone (tracks: 3, 9)
* [[Premik Russell Tubbs]] – soprano saxophone (tracks: 1, 3), tenor saxophone (tracks: 4, 5), flute (tracks: 8)
* [[Herbie Hancock]] – acoustic piano, [[Rhodes piano|Fender Rhodes]] electric piano, [[Clavinet|Hohner Clavinet]], synthesizers (Clavitar, [[Prophet 5]], [[Yamaha CS-80]], [[Oberheim polyphonic|Oberheim 8 Voice]], brass, strings)
* [[Ron Carter]] – acoustic bass (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7, 9)
* David Margen – bass (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8,)
* [[Harvey Mason]] – drums (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 9)
* [[Graham Lear]] – drums (tracks: 5, 8)
* [[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]] – drums (tracks: 1, 3, 6)
* [[Armando Peraza]] – congas, bongos, percussion
* Raul Rekow – congas, percussion, vocals
* [[Orestes Vilató]] – timbales, percussion, vocals


'''Production'''
*Written-By – D.C. Santana* (tracks: 4, 6 to 8), Sri Chinmoy (tracks: 1, 3, 5)
* Engineer [assistant] – Bob Kovach
*Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar [12-string], Percussion, Vocals – Devadip Carlos Santana
* Engineer [digital] – Jeff Mestler, Paul Stubblebine
*Soprano Sax – [[Premik Russell Tubbs]] (tracks: 1, 3), [[Wayne Shorter]] (tracks: 2, 6, 9)
* Engineer [guitar for Devadip Carlos Santana] – Steve Cain
*Tenor Sax – Premik Russell Tubbs (tracks: 4, 5), Wayne Shorter (tracks: 3, 9)
* Engineer [keyboard for Herbie Hancock] – Bryan Bell
*Piano [Acoustic], Piano [Rhodes Electric], Clavinet, Synthesizer [Clavitar, Prophet 5, Yamaha Cs-80, Oberheim 8 Voice, Brass, Strings] – [[Herbie Hancock]]
* Engineer [original mixing], producer – David Rubinson
*Acoustic Bass – [[Ron Carter]] (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7, 9)
* Engineer [recording] – Leslie Ann Jones
*Bass – David Margen (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 8,)
* Reissue producer – Moto Uehara
*Drums – [[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]] (tracks: 1, 3, 6), [[Graham Lear]] (tracks: 5, 8), [[Harvey Mason]] (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 9)
* Remastered by – Kouji Suzuki
*Congas, Bongos, Percussion – Armando Peraza
* Design [concept] – Devadip Carlos Santana
*Congas, Percussion, Vocals – Raul Rekow
* Artwork [front cover art] – Sri Chinmoy
*Timbales, Percussion, Vocals – Orestes Vilato
* Artwork [inside art] – Tadanori Yokoo
* Photography by – [[Roger Ressmeyer]]


==Charts==
*Engineer [Assistant] – Bob Kovach
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
*Engineer [Digital] – Jeff Mestler, Paul Stubblebine
! Chart (1980)
*Engineer [Guitar For Devadip Carlos Santana] – Steve Cain
! Peak<br />position
*Engineer [Keyboard For Herbie Hancock] – Bryan Bell
|-
*Engineer [Original Mixing], Producer – David Rubinson
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
*Engineer [Recording] – Leslie Ann Jones
| align="center"| 21

|-
*Reissue Producer – Moto Uehara
{{Album chart|Austria|14|artist=Devadip Carlos Santana|album=The Swing of Delight|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 15, 2024}}
*Remastered By – Kouji Suzuki
|-

{{Album chart|Germany4|40|id=7876|artist=Devadip Carlos Santana|album=The Swing of Delight|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 15, 2024}}
*Design [Concept] – Devadip Carlos Santana
|-
*Artwork [Front Cover Art] – Sri Chinmoy
{{Album chart|New Zealand|20|artist=Devadip Carlos Santana|album=The Swing of Delight|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 15, 2024}}
*Artwork [Inside Art] – Tadanori Yokoo
|-
*Photography By – Roger Ressmeyer
{{Album chart|Norway|23|artist=Devadip Carlos Santana|album=The Swing of Delight|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 15, 2024}}
|-
{{Album chart|Sweden|28|artist=Devadip Carlos Santana|album=The Swing of Delight|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 15, 2024}}
|-
{{Album chart|UK2|65|date=19800928|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 15, 2024}}
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|65|artist=Santana|refname=Billboard 200|rowheader=true|accessdate=October June 15, 2024}}
|}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 03:45, 18 June 2024

The Swing of Delight
Studio album by
Devadip Carlos Santana
ReleasedAugust 1980
GenreJazz
Length56:59
LabelColumbia
ProducerDavid Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
Devadip Carlos Santana chronology
Marathon
(1979) 		The Swing of Delight
(1980) 		Zebop!
(1981)

The Swing of Delight is a 1980 double album by Carlos Santana.[1] It was released under his temporary Sanskrit name Devadip Carlos Santana, given to him by Sri Chinmoy.[2] It peaked at #65 on the charts.[3]

On the album, Santana is joined by musicians from the Santana band as well as members of Miles Davis' 1960s quintet: saxophonist Wayne Shorter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Tony Williams, whom Santana described as "the best musicians on the planet."[4][5] Santana later recalled that he was "scared to death" in the studio, but stated that playing with such top-notch musicians "will make a guitar player turn down—turn it down and go deep, deep inside himself for the inner stuff."[6]

The Swing of Delight was the last album on which Santana used the name Devadip, as he left Chinmoy's circle in 1982 due to his having become disillusioned with the guru.[7][8]

Reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[9]

In a review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann called the album "a varied, jazz-oriented session that was one of [Carlos Santana's] more pleasant excursions from the standard Santana sound."[4]

Rob Caldwell of All About Jazz stated that the album "hangs together remarkably well and still sounds fresh," and praised the "exemplary accompanying musicians."[7]

Writing for Elsewhere, Graham Reid called the recording "One of those albums which was fascinating at the time, disappeared into history and which, when pulled off the shelf again offers some rewarding pieces as much as it frustrates at times."[10]

Track listing

[edit]

Side one

[edit]
  1. "Swapan Tari" (Sri Chinmoy) – 6:46
  2. "Love Theme from "Spartacus"" (Alex North) – 6:50

Side two

[edit]
  1. "Phuler Matan" (Chinmoy) – 5:52
  2. "Song for My Brother" (Carlos Santana) – 6:56

Side three

[edit]
  1. "Jharna Kala" (Chinmoy) – 7:11
  2. "Gardenia" (Santana) – 7:08

Side four

[edit]
  1. "La Llave" (Santana) – 3:40
  2. "Golden Hours" (Santana) – 6:36
  3. "Sher Khan, the Tiger" (Wayne Shorter) – 5:45

Personnel

[edit]

Musicians

Production

  • Engineer [assistant] – Bob Kovach
  • Engineer [digital] – Jeff Mestler, Paul Stubblebine
  • Engineer [guitar for Devadip Carlos Santana] – Steve Cain
  • Engineer [keyboard for Herbie Hancock] – Bryan Bell
  • Engineer [original mixing], producer – David Rubinson
  • Engineer [recording] – Leslie Ann Jones
  • Reissue producer – Moto Uehara
  • Remastered by – Kouji Suzuki
  • Design [concept] – Devadip Carlos Santana
  • Artwork [front cover art] – Sri Chinmoy
  • Artwork [inside art] – Tadanori Yokoo
  • Photography by – Roger Ressmeyer

Charts

[edit]
Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[11] 21
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 40
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[14] 20
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[15] 23
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 28
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 65
US Billboard 200[18] 65

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Carlos Santana - Record Collector Magazine". recordcollectormag.com.
  2. ^ Bielen, Kenneth (January 20, 2016). The Lyrics of Civility: Biblical Images & Popular Music Lyrics in American Culture. Routledge. ISBN 9781317713500 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Devadip Carlos Santana Chart History". Billboard.
  4. ^ a b c Ruhlmann, William (2011). "The Swing of Delight - Carlos Santana | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  5. ^ Weinstein, Norman (2009). Carlos Santana: A Biography. Greenwood Press. pp. 61–62.
  6. ^ Santana, Carlos (2014). The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light. Little, Brown and Company.
  7. ^ a b Caldwell, Rob (August 15, 2015). "Carlos Santana: Light Of The Supreme: Carlos Santana's Devadip Trilogy". All About Jazz. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  8. ^ Weinstein, Norman (2009). Carlos Santana: A Biography. Greenwood Press. pp. 62–63.
  9. ^ DeCurtis, Anthony; George-Warren, Holly; Henke, James, eds. (1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. p. 620.
  10. ^ Reid, Graham (September 27, 2021). "Devadip Carlos Santana. The Swing of Delight, Considered (1980): So, that happened..." Elsewhere. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  11. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  12. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Devadip Carlos Santana – The Swing of Delight" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  13. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Devadip Carlos Santana – The Swing of Delight" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  14. ^ "Charts.nz – Devadip Carlos Santana – The Swing of Delight". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  15. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Devadip Carlos Santana – The Swing of Delight". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  16. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Devadip Carlos Santana – The Swing of Delight". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  17. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  18. ^ "Santana Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October June 15, 2024.



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