Borboletta
Studio album by Santana
Released	October 1974
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	50:05
Label	CBS
Producer	Carlos Santana,Michael Shrieve,Tom Coster
Santana chronology
Greatest Hits (1974) Borboletta (1974) Amigos (1976)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+[2]
Džuboks	(mixed)[3]
Rolling Stone	(not rated)[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

Borboletta is the sixth studio album by the AmericanLatin rock bandSantana. It is one of their jazz-funk-fusion oriented albums, along withCaravanserai (1972), andWelcome (1973). Non-band albums by Carlos Santana in this style also includeLove Devotion Surrender (1973) withJohn McLaughlin andIlluminations (1974) withAlice Coltrane,Jack DeJohnette and Jules Broussard. The guitarist leaves much room to percussion, saxophone and keyboards to set moods ("Spring Manifestations"), as well as lengthy solos by himself ("Promise of a Fisherman") and vocals ("Give and Take", a funky guitar-led song). The record was released in a metallic blue sleeve displaying a butterfly, an allusion to the albumButterfly Dreams (1973) by Brazilian musicianFlora Purim and her husbandAirto Moreira, whose contributions deeply influenced the sound ofBorboletta. In Portuguese,borboleta means "butterfly".

Original bassistDavid Brown returned to replaceDoug Rauch and vocalist/keyboardistLeon Patillo joined. After the album's completion, drummerMichael Shrieve left, to be replaced byLeon "Ndugu" Chancler, who had guested on parts of the album.

• Leon Patillo –vocals (3–5, 7, 8),piano (8),electric piano (3, 5),organ (4)
• Flora Purim – vocals (1, 11)
• Jules Broussard –soprano andtenor saxophones (4, 6, 9, 11)
• Carlos Santana –guitar (3–5, 7–11)percussion (2, 9),congas (7),gong (8), vocals (11), producer
• Tom Coster – piano (4, 9),Hammond organ (7, 10, 11),electric piano,Fender Rhodes (2, 9–11), organ (3, 5, 6, 8),Moog synthesizer (4, 8), producer
• Stanley Clarke –bass guitar (6, 9–11)
• David Brown – bass guitar (2, 4, 5, 7, 8)
• Michael Shrieve –drums (2–5, 7, 8), producer
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler – drums (6, 9)
• Airto Moreira – drums (10, 11), percussion (12), sound effects (1),triangle (11), vocals (12)
• Armando Peraza – percussion,congas (2, 4–6, 8, 11),bongos (3, 6, 11), soprano saxophone (10)
• José Areas –timbales (4), congas (2, 3)
• Michael Carpenter –echoplex (2)

Airto Moreira and Flora Purim appear courtesy ofCTI Records

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