

Where Rolie’s style was solidly grounded in blues and rock, Coster was much more heavily influenced by jazz, and jazz-related genres.ĭuring their time together, Santana and Coster wrote a number of songs, but the most memorable was the the instrumental, “Europa (Earth’s Cry, Heaven’s Smile)”, considered by many to be Santana’s most beautiful instrumental song.

Though Santana worked with a number of different keyboard players, he eventually gravitated toward an extended relationship with Tom Coster. It was early in this period that long-time partner and collaborator Gregg Rolie left Santana. Check out the new video for this guitar and percussion-driven song by the leading Santana Tribute and Latin-rock band.
