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"Oye Como Va" is a song written by Latin jazz and mambo musician Tito Puente in 1963 and popularized by Santana's rendition of the song in 1970 on their album ''Abraxas'', helping to catapult Santana into stardom with the song reaching #13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song also reached #11 on the ''Billboard'' Easy Listening survey and #32 on their R&B chart.〔("Carlos Santana", ''Rock and Roll Hall of Fame'' ). Retrieved October 1, 2006.〕 The title comes from the first words: The fact that the phrase "Oye como va" is the title of the song and is sung somewhat separately from the phrase "mi ritmo" makes it easy to interpret the meaning as "Hey, how's it going?" However, the first sentence is actually "Oye como va mi ritmo", meaning "Listen to how my rhythm goes." The song has the classic rhythm and tempo of cha-cha-cha. It has similarities with "Chanchullo" by Israel "Cachao" López. The ''Latin Beat Magazine'' writes, "Cachao's tumbaos for his 1937 composition of ''Rareza de Melitón'' (later changed to ''Chanchullo'') inspired Tito Puente's signature tune 'Oye Como Va'."〔Salazar, Max. "(Orestes Lopez, brother to Israel Lopez Cachao, and the mambo )", ''Latin Beat Magazine''. September, 2002.〕 On the original recording of the song the voice of Santitos Colon, the Puente orchestra singer at the time, can be heard in the song along with those of Puente and other orchestra musicians. Cachao can be heard playing contrabass in some of Tito Puente's live versions of "Oye Como Va". The song has had numerous arrangements and remakes by numerous artists in various tempi. NPR included the song in its "NPR 100: The most important American musical works of the 20th century".〔 ==Santana version== Santana's arrangement is a "driving, cranked-up version" in a new style of Latin rock (attributed to musicians like Santana), adding electric guitar, Hammond B-3 organ, and a rock drum kit to the instrumentation and dropping Puente's brass section. The electric guitar part takes on Puente's flute melody, and the organ provides accompaniment (with organist Gregg Rolie's discretional use of the Leslie effect). There are several guitar solos and an organ solo, all of which are rooted in rock and the blues but also contain licks similar to those of the original arrangement.〔 The song was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001. Tito Puente, speaking in the intro to his recording of "Oye Como Va" on the album "Mambo Birdland," said "Everybody's heard of Santana. Santana! Beautiful Santana! He put our music, Latin rock, around the world, man! And I'd like to thank him publicly 'cause he recorded a tune and he gave me credit as the composer of the tune. So, since that day... all we play... is Santana music!" The version of the song on "Mambo Birdland" is a Santana-ized version. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oye Como Va」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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