Editing Carlos Santana (section)

=== ''Caravanserai'' ===
[[File:Santana 1973.jpg|thumb|left|Santana performing in Hamburg, West Germany in 1973]]

In early 1972, Santana and the remaining members of the band started working on their fourth album, ''[[Caravanserai (album)|Caravanserai]]''. During the studio sessions, Santana and [[Michael Shrieve]] brought in other musicians: percussionists James Mingo Lewis and Latin-Jazz veteran, [[Armando Peraza]] replacing Michael Carabello, and bassists Tom Rutley and Doug Rauch replacing [[David Brown (American musician)|David Brown]]. Also assisting on keyboards were [[Wendy Haas]] and [[Tom Coster]]. With the unsettling influx of new players in the studio, [[Gregg Rolie]] and [[Neal Schon]] decided that it was time to leave after the completion of the album, even though both contributed to the session. Rolie returned home to Seattle; later, he and Schon became founding members of [[Journey (band)|Journey]].

When ''[[Caravanserai (album)|Caravanserai]]'' did emerge in 1972, it marked a strong change in musical direction towards [[jazz fusion]]. The album received critical praise, but CBS executive [[Clive Davis]] warned Santana and the band that it would sabotage the band's position as a "[[Top 40]]" act. Nevertheless, over the years, the album achieved platinum status. The difficulties Santana and the band went through during this period were chronicled in [[Ben Fong-Torres]]' ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' 1972 cover story "The Resurrection of Carlos Santana".