When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana - Michael Mahin

A picture book celebration of how Santana developed his signature sound: the soul of the blues, the brains of jazz, and the energy of rock blended with the slow heat of Afro-Cuban drums and the music he'd grown up with in Mexico. Full color. Winner of a Pura Belpr Illustrator Honor and a Robert F. Sibert Honor Celebrate music icon Carlos Santana in this vibrant, rhythmic picture book from the author of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters . Carlos Santana loved to listen to his father play el viol n . It was a sound that filled the world with magic and love and feeling and healing--a sound that made angels real. Carlos wanted to make angels real, too. So he started playing music. Carlos tried el clarinete and el viol n , but there were no angels. Then he picked up la guitarra . He took the soul of the Blues, the brains of Jazz, and the energy of Rock and Roll, and added the slow heat of Afro-Cuban drums and the cilantro-scented sway of the music he'd grown up with in Mexico. There were a lot of bands in San Francisco but none of them sounded like this. Had Carlos finally found the music that would make his angels real?