{"id":364,"date":"2011-01-05T18:29:13","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T23:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/2011\/01\/big_fun_news_santana_weds_blac\/"},"modified":"2019-09-13T12:21:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T16:21:31","slug":"big_fun_news_santana_weds_blac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2011\/01\/big_fun_news_santana_weds_blac.html","title":{"rendered":"Big fun news: Santana weds Blackman, Herbie &#038; Wayne play"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The rare <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2011\/01\/carlos-santana-and-cindy-blackman-married\/\">notable jazz wedding<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0to celebrate: Beyond-jazz, rock &amp; Latin guitarist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Santana-1st-Album\/dp\/B0000062FJ\/?tag=howardmacom-20\">Carlos Santana<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0to drummer\u00c2\u00a0<a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drummerworld.com\/drummers\/Cindy_Blackman.html\">Cindy Blackman<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0who&#8217;s had a<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/nicer%20couple.jpeg\" alt=\"nicer couple.jpeg\" width=\"225\" height=\"188\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artists&#8217; promotional photos<\/p><\/div>\n<p>great recording year, issuing<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Another-Lifetime-Cindy-Blackman\/dp\/B0033I5MSQ\/?tag=howardmacom-20\"> Another Lifetime<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0her smashing tribute to the late <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Emergency-Tony-Williams-Lifetime\/dp\/B0000047GA\/?tag=howardmacom-20\">Tony Williams<\/a>) and driving\u00c2\u00a0<i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Organ-Monk-Greg-Lewis\/dp\/B003YI1QL2\/?tag=howardmacom-20\">Organ Monk<\/a><\/i>, Greg Lewis&#8217;s trio album that made my top 10.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Santana&#8217;s best albums after the first one always have had a outward reach &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Abraxas\/dp\/B00136LZG8\/?tag=howardmacom-20\">Abraxis<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Caravanserai-Santana\/dp\/B0000AKY7E\/?tag=howardmacom-20\">Caravanserai<\/a>, his spiritualized rave up<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Love-Devotion-Surrender-Carlos-Santana\/dp\/B0000AKY7R\/?tag=howardmacom-20\"> Love, Devotion and Surrender<\/a> with John McLaughlin and organist Larry (Khalid Yasin) Young, and\u00c2\u00a01990&#8217;s\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Swing-Of-Delight\/dp\/B00138HAM4\/?tag=howardmacom-20\">Swing of Delight<\/a>, featuring ex-Miles men Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter (who made music at the wedding), Ron Carter and, yes, Tony Williams.\u00c2\u00a0Carlos and Cindy &#8212; play hard and prosper!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howardmandel.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">howardmandel.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverifySubmit?feedId=1102712&amp;loc=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subscribe by Email <\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/JazzBeyondJazz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subscribe by RSS<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Follow on Twitter <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/archives.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> All JBJ posts <\/a> |<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/w.sharethis.com\/widget\/?tabs=web%2Cpost%2Cemail&amp;charset=utf-8&amp;style=default&amp;publisher=6ed88875-2235-4b29-aaa3-60183b0bcbcc\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rare notable jazz wedding\u00c2\u00a0to celebrate: Beyond-jazz, rock &amp; Latin guitarist Carlos Santana\u00c2\u00a0to drummer\u00c2\u00a0Cindy Blackman,\u00c2\u00a0who&#8217;s had a great recording year, issuing Another Lifetime,\u00c2\u00a0her smashing tribute to the late Tony Williams) and driving\u00c2\u00a0Organ Monk, Greg Lewis&#8217;s trio album that made my top 10. 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