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. \nWinner of a Pura Belpr Illustrator Honor and a Robert F. Sibert Honor \nCelebrate 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. \n \nCarlos 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. \n \n 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?\n