Carlos Santana

guitar, vocals, percussion · 1947 · Autlán de Navarro

Guitarist born July 20, 1947, in Autlán de Navarro (Jalisco, Mexico), who settled in San Francisco in his youth, where he founded the Santana Blues Band in 1966. His band blends rock with Latin and African percussion, then, with Caravanserai (1972), a more instrumental jazz-rock.

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Styles

• Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk
• Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban

Landmark tracks

• Song of the Wind (1972)
• Future Primitive (1972)
• La Fuente del Ritmo (1972)
• Stone Flower (Santana) (1972)

Sources

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