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Aug 16, 2017While Carlos Santana's guitar shines – Ernie Isley's, too – 76-year-old Ron is the lodestar, donning a falsetto smoking jacket for the Eddie Kendricks proto-disco "Body Talk."
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Aug 2, 2017While not entirely successful, this high-level summit meeting of two giant talents from half a century ago confirms that neither of the principals’ distinctive talents has suffered serious decline.
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MojoJul 27, 2017Ron in terrific voice; Santana's Latin rock and jazz notes both beautiful and rousing. [Sep 2017, p.96]
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Jul 27, 2017The winners prove to be the moments where the participants hold back on the bombast to groove. ... Alas, Stevie Wonder’s Higher Ground suffers from heavy-handedness, a fate that awaits I Just Want To Make Love To You. Not quite a harvest for the world but no spoilt crops either.
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Jul 27, 2017The musicians clearly care about their chosen source material, and as a result, the album features faithful recreations of stirring originals. ... The record also sounds a bit too clean, the product of the most pristine production money can buy. The closest we get to a little grit is the standard “I Just Want to Make Love to You”, but its flanged ending is still a controlled chaos.
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Jul 28, 2017he vocals are gorgeous and Carlos plays with restraint and taste throughout. Unfortunately, such moments of inspiration are rare, as most of the songs reflect a project that struggles to find a place to stand.