Santana & McLaughlin - Naima (Live at Montreux 2011)

On 1st July 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 most of the tracks from their classic 1973 album "Love Devotion Surrender" mixed in with a wealth of other material. The evening was a showcase of supreme musical virtuosity and spirituality and typified the approach of these two great artists. It is certainly a performance not to be missed.

2011 Montreux Sounds

LIVE AT MONTREUX – MONTREUX JAZZ ARCHIVES
This performance is part of the unique Claude Nobs Foundation audio-visual collection, included since 2013 in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. From Aretha Franklin or Miles Davis to David Bowie or Prince, more than 5’000 concerts have been recorded LIVE both in audio and video since the creation of the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1967 by Claude Nobs.

MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL WHERE LEGENDS ARE BORN
The Montreux Jazz Festival takes place for two weeks every summer in Switzerland, drawing 250,000 music lovers to the shores of Lake Geneva. Since 1967, the Festival has celebrated all genres of music and generated countless legendary performances. Artists who have graced the stage of Montreux include Aretha Franklin, David Bowie, Prince, Bob Dylan, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar, Leonard Cohen, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Nina Simone and many more.

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[cosmicman]

I went to get John McLaughlin to sign the album cover of..love devotion surrender for me after a show...which he kindly did and then he said to me. “..it’s not fully signed until you get Carlos to sign it to.” Thanks for posting

[supertravdoggy]

To those who like to criticize. Your time would be better spent enjoying whats good rather than focusing on what you think is bad. When you focus on the blemishes you miss everything else. I guess we all see what we want to see. Being critical is a reflection of what and who you are. I am gonna go enjoy some more of the endless supply of live music that YouTube offers, ill leave you here to peck apart a golden goose for being to yellow.

[jameskennedy]

these guys made one of the best albums of the 1970's . nice to see them reunite .

[sdemosi]

Always amazed by McLaughlin. His knowledge of the guitar is immense.

[diegoluzuriaga]

Music is art, not a skills competition. I´d like to hear the wise guys who criticized Santana playing Samba pa ti.

[GoMiGman]

Never was a big fan of McLaughlin, but Santana was like having a nanny growing up. You can see the spiritual connection these two share in some way.

[willmercury]

Utterly unaffected. Very pure and sweet music. A more honest and human collaboration between guitarists can't be found.

[catrinacompositions]

For me, bar none, the most soulful, impressionistic, holy rendering of Naima I have ever heard from these guitarists on Love Devotion Surrender.

[merred]

Nice combination of two different personalities. A few words for all those who always want to force a playing music together into a competition. Some guitarists spend a lot of time and effort in finding and rendering a beautifully coloured voice. A sound that touches your heart. Others work on complexity. Others on scales and speed. When watching guitar videos on Youtube you often get the impression that the number of likes depends on how many notes are produced per second. I fully agree with Michael-David Bushman. Please stop making a contest out of it. Sit back and enjoy the music of two great artists.

[andyreasoner]

Beautiful. I like when rock virtuosos play together with jazz virtuosos in a very consistent way.

[laviniacapogna]

It is wonderful. A great hommage to John Coltrane. Thank you

[carlosclaptrix]

Can you listen to great music made by great musicians without comparing or judging?

[graemebarnes]

Santana played superbly, so did Mclaughlin. Ego and competition lefted their hearts and was replaced with love and respect a long time ago.

[Zorbasrhodos]

Music is a free and powerful language, free for everybody and without any limits to play. Carlos Santana is great and John McLaughlin is great, each individual. Two sides of the same coin you know.

[uneedtherapy]

sometimes when all you hear on the radio is tunes like "Smooth" and then you hear this and you go "Oh YEA that is also Carlos!!" God bless them both.

[thejmcexperience]

Peace and Love to Carlos and John. Namastê.

[robbader]

McLaughlin has way more technical skill than most, and a lot of jazz fans dismiss Carlos, but I love his playing, too. I liked how he carried the melody and JM added lovely harmony and sweet chord work.

[timothydillow]

" Love is sweet, devotion is sweeter, surrender is sweetest."

[artistdonnbear]

The chords that John picked are so incredible. What guitar hero's!

[qg]

Undoubtedly the FINEST Guitar Gurus who had EVER strapped on a Guitar.. Numero Uno!!