aka: Devadip Carlos Santana *
San Francisco, California, United States
Latin rock, blues rock, jazz fusion
Carlos Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican and American musician who first became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and Latin American music. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms featuring percussion instruments such as timbales and congas not generally heard in rock music. Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. In 2003 Rolling Stone magazine listed Santana at number 20 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards.
Live! (1972) with Buddy Miles!
Love Devotion Surrender (1973) with Mahavishnu John McLaughlin
Illuminations * (1974) with Turiya Alice Coltrane
Oneness: Silver Dreams - Golden Reality * (1979)
The Swing of Delight * (1980)
Havana Moon (1983)
Blues for Salvador (1987)
Santana Brothers (1994) Santana Brothers
Live at the 1988 Montreux Jazz Festival (2007) with Wayne Shorter
Live at Montreux 2011: Invitation to Illumination (2011) with McLaughlin
appeared on:
Crossroads Revisted: Selections from the Crossroads Guitar Festivals (2016) 2004-2013, Eric Clapton and guests
