Eagle Rock Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray
Santana and McLaughlin: Invitation to Illumination - Live At Montreux 2011. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on August 20th. This unique concert, featuring the guitar talents of Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin, includes most of the tracks from their classic 1973 album
Love Devotion Surrender.
Invitation To Illumination – Live At Montreux 2011 also features the late Claude Nobs, founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival, playing harmonica on the final track.
On July 1st, 2011 Montreux hosted the reunion of two master-guitarists Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin-with their Invitation To Illumination concert. Both musicians have been regulars at Montreux across the years, but this was the first time they headlined their own concert together. The show features compelling performances of the beloved tracks from 1973's Love Devotion Surrender, as well as inspired songs that have influenced Carlos & John's incredible careers, including songs by Led Zeppelin, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bob Dylan & John Lee Hooker. This show is an incredible display of guitar virtuoso by two of the most prolific guitarists to ever grace the world stage, The line-up for this performance featured Carlos Santana (Lead Guitar & Vocals); John McLaughlin (Lead Guitar & Vocals); Cindy Blackman Santana (Drums); Dennis Chambers (Drums); David K. Mathews (Keyboards); Tommy Anthony (Guitar & Vocals); Raul Rekow (Conga & Percussion); Etienne M'Bappé (Bass); Benny Rietveld (Bass); Tony Lindsay (Vocals); Andy Vargas (Vocals).
The evening was a showcase of supreme musical virtuosity and spirituality and typified the approach of these two great artists.
Invitation To Illumination – Live At Montreux 2011 captures an incredible night of live music and is certainly a performance not to be missed.
Tracklising
1) Echoes Of Angels / Introduction
2) The Life Divine
3) Medley: Peace On Earth / A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall / Stairway To Heaven / Our Prayer / SOCC
4) Right Off
5) Vuelta Abajo
6) Vashkar
7) The Creator Has A Master Plan
8) Naima
9) Lotus Land Op 47, No. 1
10) Downstairs
11) Venus / Upper Egypt
12) Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord
13) Black Satin
14) Cindy Blackman Santana Drum Solo
15) A Love Supreme
16) Shake It Up And Go