Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican-American musician. He first became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana. They played a fusion of rock and Latin American music.
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| Background information | |
| Born | 20 July 1947
(aged 78) Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico |
| Origin | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Genres | Latin rock, chicano rock, rock, blues rock, jazz rock, tejano, free jazz, psychedelic rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, bandleader |
| Instruments | Guitar, percussion, vocals |
| Years active | 1966–present |
| Labels | RCA,[1] Arista, Polydor, Columbia, Polygram, CBS |
| Associated acts | Santana, Los Lonely Boys, John McLaughlin, Maná |
| Website | santana |
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Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades. He had many critical acclaim in the late 1990s. In 2003 Rolling Stone magazine listed Santana at number 20[2] on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards.[3]
Santana married Deborah King in 1973, with whom he had three children. Santana founded a not-for-profit organization, the Milagro ("Miracle") Foundation, which provides financial aid for educational, medical, and other needs.
Carlos Santana Media
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Trade ad for Santana's album Santana III
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Santana performing in Hamburg, West Germany in 1973
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New Year's Eve 1976 at the Cow Palace in San Francisco
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Santana during his European tour in the Netherlands in 1978
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Santana in Barcelona, Spain, 1984
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Santana performing in 2000
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Santana 2003 at a concert in Barcelona
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Santana during a concert in 2005
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Santana's Yamaha SG2000 Devadip (1976, with inlay) on exhibit in the Berlin Musical Instrument Museum
References
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Other websites
16x16px Media related to Carlos Santana at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Milagro Foundation
- Information about Carlos Santana
- Concerts online at Wolfgang's Vault Archived 2009-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Music Carlos Santana Archived 2014-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
