Carlos santana musician biography examples

SANTANA

Delivered with a level of passion and soul equal to the legendary sonic charge of his guitar, the sound of Carlos Santana is one of the world’s best-known musical signatures. For more than four decades—from Santana’s earliest days as a groundbreaking Afro-Latin-blues-rock fusion outfit in San Francisco—Carlos has been the visionär force behind artistry that transcends musical genres and generational, cultural and geographical boundaries.

Long before the category now known as “world music” was named, Santana’s ever-evolving sound was always ahead of its time in its universal appeal, and today registers as ideally in sync with the 21st century’s pan-cultural landscape. And, with a dedication to humanitarian outreach and social activism that parallels his lifelong relationship with music, Carlos Santana is as much an exemplary world citizen as a global music icon.

Santana’s star arrived in the era-defining late 1960s San Francisco Bay Area

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Carlos Santana

American guitarist (born 1947)

This article is about the guitarist. For other people named Carlos Santana, see Carlos Santana (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Santana and the second or maternal family name is Barragán.

Musical artist

Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán^[1] (Spanish:[ˈkaɾlosumˈbeɾtosanˈtanaβaraˈɣan]^ⓘ; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the rock band Santana. Born and raised in Mexico where he developed his musical background, he rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the United States with Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Its sound featured his melodic, blues-based lines set against Latin American and African rhythms played on percussion instruments not generally heard in rock, such as timbales and congas. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the l

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• DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199913701-0282

Davis, Jonathan, Carlos Santana, and Ashley Kahn. The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light. New York: Little Brown, 2014.

This autobiography by Santana is one of the most ambitious about the musician ever published. The text is supported by anecdotes and dialogs well chosen for their validity that illustrates the musician path. As each chapter progresses, Santana’s albums, band members, family events, documents, collaborations, and tours are covered in greater or lesser detail.

Golio, Gary. Carlos Santana: Sound of the Heart, Song of the World. Illustrated by Rudy Gutiérrez. New York: Henry Holt, 2018.

From Carlos Santana’s early life in Mexico to his eventual migration to the United States, author Gary Golio and illustrator Rudy Gutiérrez offer a biographical narrative for children. It illustrates Santana’s journey to