The Very Best of Santana

Compilation by Santana

Released 1996

Alberto Gianquinto
arranger [7]
Bob Breault
engineer [7]
Bob Irwin
producer [4]
Brent Dangerfield
producer [7]
Brian Potter
producer [16]
Carlos Santana
arranger [4], background vocals [3], guitar [2-4, 7, 10, 14], producer [2-4, 6, 11], vocal [2, 14]
Coke Escovedo
background vocals [10, 14], membranophone [14], percussion [10, 14]
David Brown
bass [7], bass guitar [2-4, 7, 10, 14]
David Brown
engineer [3-4]
David DeVore
engineer [17-18]
David Rubinson & Friends, Inc.
producer [12]
Dennis Lambert
producer [16]
Eric Prestidge
engineer [7]
Fred Catero
producer [2-4]
Gary Boatner
assistant [16]
Glen Kolotkin
engineer [10, 14]
Greg Errico
tambourine [10]
Gregg Rolie
arranger [4], keyboard [2-4, 10], lead vocals [3], organ [7, 14], piano [14], vocal [2, 14]
John Fiore
engineer [3-4]
José “Chepito” Áreas
congas [2-4, 7, 14], flugelhorn [14], membranophone [14], percussion [3-4, 7, 14], timbales [2-4, 7, 10, 14], vocal [14]
Keith Olsen
engineer [17-18], producer [17-18]
Linda Tillery
background vocals [14]
Michael Carabello
congas [2-4, 7, 10], membranophone [14], percussion [3-4, 7], tambourine [14], vocal [14]
Michael Shrieve
drums (drum set) [3-4, 7], membranophone [2, 10, 14], vibraphone [14]
Mike Larner
recording [10, 14]
Neal Schon
guitar [10, 14]
Patrick Humphries
liner notes
Rico Reyes
background vocals [3, 10], percussion [3-4]
Santana
arranger [3, 17-18], producer [4, 7, 10, 14]
Steven Saphore
tabla [3-4]
Tom Coster
producer [6]
Tower of Power Horn Section
instrument [14], performer [14]