Artist	Song
John Coltrane	Impressions
from The Very Best of John Coltrane (2001)
Miles Davis	Petits Machins (Little Stuff)
from The Essential Miles Davis (2001)
Jimi Hendrix	Freedom
from Experience Hendrix - The Best of Jimi Hendrix (2010)
Bob Marley	One Love/People Get Ready
from Legend (Remastered) [Bonus Tracks] (2002)
Marvin Gaye	What's Going On
from Number 1's: Marvin Gaye (2007)
Tito Puente y su Orquesta & Vincentito Valdes	Cao Cao Maní Picao
from The Best of Tito Puente, Vol. 1 (1990)
Willie Bobo	Spanish Grease
from Willie Bobo's Finest Hour (2003)
Mongo Santamaria	Afro Blue
from Mongo's Greatest Hits (2006)
B.B. King	Worry, Worry
from Live at the Regal (1997)
Gabor Szabo	Spellbinder
from Spellbinder (2005)
Bola Sete	Soul Samba
from Bola Sete at the Monterey Jazz Festival (2000)
Wes Montgomery	Lolita
from The Best of Wes Montgomery (2006)
John Lee Hooker	One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
from The Real Folk Blues: John Lee Hooker (1988)
Jimmy Reed	Baby What You Want Me to Do
from Found Love (2007)
Otis Rush	I Can't Quit You Baby
from The Essential Otis Rush (2006)
T-Bone Walker	Woman You Must Be Crazy
from Good Feelin' (1993)
Buddy Guy	First Time I Met the Blues
from The Complete Chess Studio Recordings (2010)
Freddie King & Freddy King	Hide Away
from 17 Greatest Hits (2005)
Albert King	Born Under a Bad Sign
from The Very Best of Albert King (2007)
Cream	Sunshine of Your Love
from The Very Best of Cream (1995)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	Born In Chicago
from The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - An Anthology: The Elektra Years (2005)
Fleetwood Mac	Long Grey Mare
from Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (2004)
Chuck Berry	Johnny B. Goode
from His Best, Vol. 1 (1997)
Bo Diddley	Who Do You Love?
from The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection: Bo Diddley - His Best (1997)
Little Richard	Slippin' and Slidin'
from The Very Best of Little Richard (2008)
Ritchie Valens	La Bamba
from The Best of Ritchie Valens (2006)
Thee Midniters	Whittier Blvd.
from Whittier Blvd (2009)
Jorge Negrete	Ay, Jalisco, No Te Rajes
from The Originals: The Emperor Of The Corrido (1994)
Arsenio Rodríguez	El Reloj de Pastora
from Arsenio Rodríguez (2001)
Igor Stravinsky & Columbia Symphony Orchestra	Le sacre du printemps: No 2: Les Augures Printanières (Danse Des Adolescentes)
from Essential Igor Stravinsky (2003)

Comment:

As you can tell from the music he's made, Carlos Santana was a student before becoming a shaman, a [i]summa cum laude[/i] graduate of the University of Groove. His professors? An all-star — no, make that an all-[i]universe[/i] — lineup: Miles Davis, the shape-shifting wizard of all things jazz; Marvin Gaye, the spiritual soul man; Bob Marley, the one-world visionary; Jimi Hendrix, the heavyweight champ of guitar gods; and John Coltrane, the mystic genius who understood the healing, transformative power of the note. Even though some of the selections we've picked here were recorded after Santana first stepped into the studio, he's continued throughout his career to revisit these same legends again and again for a refresher course. Meanwhile, assistant professor (and "Oye Como Va" composer) Tito Puente cooks up a batch of primo salsa in "Cao Cao Maní Picao," and the dean of guitar instruction, B.B. King, coaxes every bluesy teardrop of heartache his beloved Lucille can weep in "Worry, Worry." From Ritchie Valens to John Lee Hooker and beyond, Carlos culled his sound from the masters' masters, and we'll deliver them right to your earbuds.

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