Name
Carlos Santana
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1947-07-20 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Autlán de Navarro (México)
Biography
Carlos Santana (born as Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán; 20 July 1947 in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, México) is a Mexican rock guitarist. He became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms. 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 15 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and 3 Latin Grammy Awards.
Santana has was an avenue named after him as well as a statue of a guitar in the city where he was born (born in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, México) to honour him. The family moved from there to Tijuana In La Calonia Libertad, the city on Mexico's border with California, and then San Francisco, USA. Carlos stayed in Tijuana but joined his family in San Francisco later and graduated from James Lick Middle School and Mission High School there.
Most of his musical career has been spent with Santana, the band he formed in San Francisco in 1967. His music underwent large changes in 1973 when he was introduced to the spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy, by fellow guitarist "Mahavishnu" John McLaughlin. After this he adopted the title "Devadip" which he still uses. In 1998 he formed the Milagro Foundation along with his wife Deborah, which supports disadvantaged children. Later Carlos and Deborah divorced, but the Milagro Foundation is still alive and well.
Other huge influences of Carlos Santana are both Miles Davis (with whom he maintained a big personal connection), and John Coltrane, who unfortunately passed away in 1967.
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- 2005 Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics: Rockin' the Sixties
- 1997 Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz as Self
- 1970 Woodstock as Self
- 1995 Santana - Sacred Fire as Himself
- 2006 Herbie Hancock: Possibilities as Self
- 2004 Live Eighties as Self
- 2004 Larry presents: Best of The 80s as Self
- 1988 Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival as Himself
- 1974 Santana
- 2000 Santana: Supernatural Live as Self
- 2004 Trey Anastasio: Live at the Warfield as Self - guitar, vocals
- 1988 A Reggae Session as Self
- 2023 Carlos as Self
- 2011 Santana & McLaughlin: Invitation to Illumination - Live at Montreux as himself
- 2011 Santana: Greatest Hits - Live at Montreux 2011 as self
- 2016 Santana: Down Under - Live in Australia as Himself
- 2004 Carlos Santana Presents: Blues at Montreux 2004 as Himself
- 2019 Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation as Self
- 1970 San Francisco Rock: A Night at the Family Dog
- 1987 Santana: East Berlin 1987 as Himself
- 2001 John Lee Hooker - That's My Story
- 2012 B.B. King: The Life of Riley as Self
- 2005 Santana: In Concert as Self - Guitar, Vocals
- 2021 A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings as Self
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- 2014 Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited as Self
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- 2014 Santana Live at New Orleans Jazz Festival 2014 as himself
- 2004 Miles Electric - A Different Kind of Blue as Self
- 2022 Jose Feliciano: Behind This Guitar as Self
- 2009 Rock Prophecies as Self
- 1977 Santana Live at Hammersmith Odeon, December 15th, 1976 as guitar, percussion, backing vocals
- 2003 Santana as Guitar / Vocals
- 2003 Santana: Special Edition EP as Self
- 2004 Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival as Self
- 2003 Prachtig 80: Volume 1 as Self
- 2019 Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool as Self - Musician
- 2001 The Best of Musikladen: Vol. One as Self
- 2000 Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 1971 Soul to Soul as Self
- 2009 Woodstock: Untold Stories
- 2023 They All Came Out to Montreux as Self
- 2000 Ricky Martin: One Night Only as Self
- 2016 Santana IV - Live At The House of Blues, Las Vegas as Himself
- 2017 Chasing Trane as Self - Musician
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- 2001 All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live! as Self
- 1985 Live Aid as Self
- 2004 The World of Nat King Cole as Self
- 2008 Miles Davis: Kind of Blue as Self
- 2017 Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives as Self
- 2009 Santana - Viva Santana! as Himself
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- 2004 Salif Keita: World Music Portrait as Self
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- 1970 Santana - Live at Tanglewood 1970 as guitar, vocals
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- 2005 The Five Keys to Mastery as Self
- 1972 Last Days at the Fillmore as Self - Performers(as Santana)
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 1 episode )
- 1979 CBS News Sunday Morning ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2002 Ultimate Albums ( 1 episode )
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 1974 American Music Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 1981 Wetten, dass..? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2000 Latin Grammy Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2024 Johnson and Knopfler's Music Legends ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 ECHO-Verleihung ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1963 Viña del Mar International Song Festival ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 1974 Rockpalast ( 1 episode )
- 2001 Star Academy ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2005 Rockpolitik ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1959 The Grammys ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2013 PBS News Weekend ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2017 Monochrome: Black, White & Blue ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1993 Late Show with David Letterman ( 1 episode ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 2016 Soundbreaking ( 1 episode ) as Self
