This may be of interest to some folks around here...
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Supernova features John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, with album due next year
Carlos Santana has formed a fusion supergroup with John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, he's revealed.
Supernova are planning to record an album early next year then tour Europe over the summer.
Guitarist Santana tells Billboard: “It’s kind of like sharing music with Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking – Wayne and Herbie are at that level of genius. I’m grateful they accept it and want to do it.”
Alongside guitarist McLaughlin, saxophonist Shorter and keyboardist Hancock, the band will also feature Santana’s wife Cindy on drums.
“Every time I play with Cindy it goes viral,” he says. "The energy between Cindy and I is very Supernova.”
_________________ I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.
(shrugs) Ummmm.... I know who two of those people are (Santana and Hancock)...
Yea, I had to look 'em up too. You might recognize Cindy Blackman-Santana as the big haired drummer from old Lenny Kravitz videos...
I had no idea she was married to Carlos.
_________________ I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.
People really didn't know who John McLaughlin is? I can sort of understand not knowing Wayne Shorter if you've never listened to jazz but...
Anyway, all of these musicians are still alive, healthy and still have impressive chops so of course I'm definitely interested in hearing what they come up with.
For the record, John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana already recorded together years ago on the album Love Devotion Surrender.
The name of the band is inspired by the Wayne Shorter album Supernova.
I sorta recognized the name, but still had to look him up. "Oh that John McLaughlin. Of course."
_________________ I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.
They might wanna re-think that band name "Supernova," cuz it didn't work out to well for the band by the same name that was created on the TV show "Rock Star" a few years back
_________________ "If you're a false, don't entry, because you'll be burned and died!"
They might wanna re-think that band name "Supernova," cuz it didn't work out to well for the band by the same name that was created on the TV show "Rock Star" a few years back
I was thinking the same thing when I read the title of the thread. Did that Supernova ever even release anything?
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Wasn't the show created as a vehicle to find some mew lead singer? I think it was for INXS?
That was it's own reality show, 'Rock Star: INXS'. Supernova was supposed to be more like a "hard rock" version of 'American Idol'. A backing "super group" with a winning contestant lead singer.
_________________ I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.
Subject: Supernova - feat. Santana, McLaughlin, Hancock, Shorter 
Wed Sep 02, 2015 3:40 pm
You might recognize Cindy Blackman-Santana as the big haired drummer from old Lenny Kravitz videos...
