Acting
Carlos Santana
1947-07-20 · Autlán de Navarro (México)
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.
Known for
La Bamba
Saturday Night Live
Woodstock
Late Show with David Letterman
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
The Oscars
Chasing Trane
Beware of Mr. Baker
Live Aid
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
The Grammys
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
McEnroe
Wetten, dass..?
CBS News Sunday Morning
Movie credits · 89
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023
Carlos
They All Came Out to Montreux
Jose Feliciano: Behind This Guitar
McEnroe
The Torch
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
Fandango at the Wall
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Chasing Trane
Dolores
Santana IV - Live At The House of Blues, Las Vegas
Santana: Down Under - Live in Australia
Korla
Santana - Montreux Jazz Festival 2015
Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
Santana Live at New Orleans Jazz Festival 2014
Move Me Brightly - Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday
Born In Chicago
Beware of Mr. Baker
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
Santana Live at Montreux 2011
Santana: Greatest Hits - Live at Montreux 2011
The Santana Story: Angels and Demons
Santana & McLaughlin: Invitation to Illumination - Live at Montreux
Rock Prophecies
Woodstock: Untold Stories
Peter Green: Man of the World
Santana - Viva Santana!
Buddy Guy: Live At Montreux 2004
Clarence Gatemouth Brown: Live At Montreux 2004
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
TV credits · 22
Johnson and Knopfler's Music Legends
Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
Soundbreaking
PBS News Weekend
Rockpolitik
Ultimate Albums
Star Academy
Latin Grammy Awards
Late Show with David Letterman
Later... with Jools Holland
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
ECHO-Verleihung
Wetten, dass..?
CBS News Sunday Morning
The South Bank Show
Saturday Night Live
Rockpalast
American Music Awards
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
The Grammys
The Oscars
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