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Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Carlos Santana & Cindy Blackman

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.54.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Carlos Santana, along with his wife and drummer, Cindy Blackman got together with Rick Rubin to discuss the 2019 album they recorded together, Africa Speaks, and also to talk about Santana's early days in San Francisco. They discuss how Santana found his unique playing style, his friendship with Miles Davis and more.


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0:00.0

Hey there, it's Steve Levit. I'm an economist at the University of Chicago,

0:04.3

a co-author of the book Freakonomics, and also the host of the podcast,

0:08.0

people I mostly admire from the Freakonomics Radio Network.

0:11.4

I interviewed guests that range from Nobel laureates to magicians,

0:15.0

from bestselling authors to NBA referees. People who are smart,

0:19.1

reflective, and sometimes a little bit weird.

0:21.8

My guests include bestselling author John Green,

0:24.8

conservationist Jane Goodall, psychologist Danny Coniman,

0:28.3

and Jennifer Daoudna, the scientist behind the Gene Editing Technology CRISPR.

0:32.1

I even interviewed my own daughters.

0:34.2

Listen and follow people I mostly admire wherever you get your podcasts.

0:38.8

Pushkin.

0:55.1

Just a quick note here. You can listen to all of the music mentioned in this episode

1:02.3

on our playlist, which you can find a link to in the show notes.

1:06.3

For licensing reasons, each time a song is referenced in this episode,

1:10.1

you'll hear this sound effect.

1:13.8

Alright, enjoy the episode.

1:17.4

Carlos Santana has always been out of this world.

1:21.4

As a guitarist, his melodic style and tone is distinctive,

1:25.4

and as a band leader, his decision to combine Latin and African rhythms

1:29.5

with traditional rock helped to widen the breadth of the genre.

1:34.8

That's about Isos K. Maros from Santana's 2019 album,

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