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.
Carlos Santana | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Santana, 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | July 20, 1947 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 |
| Website | santana |
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.
References
change- ↑ "RCA's Peter Edge, Tom Corson on the Shuttering of Jive, J and Arista". Billboard.biz. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
- ↑ "100 Greatest Guitarists: Carlos Santana". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2014-07-05. Retrieved 2014-06-14.
- ↑ "Santana received 10 Grammy Awards and 3 Latin Grammy Awards". allmusic. 1999. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
Other websites
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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
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