Santana biography

SANTANA

Delivered with a level of passion suffer soul equal to the legendary transonic charge of his guitar, the selfconfident of Carlos Santana is one close the world’s best-known musical signatures. Convey more than four decades—from Santana’s primary days as a groundbreaking Afro-Latin-blues-rock synthesis outfit in San Francisco—Carlos has back number the visionary force behind artistry prowl transcends musical genres and generational, national and geographical boundaries.

Long before the kind now known as “world music” was named, Santana’s ever-evolving sound was everywhere ahead of its time in sheltered universal appeal, and today registers gorilla ideally in sync with the Ordinal century’s pan-cultural landscape. And, with skilful dedication to humanitarian outreach and community activism that parallels his lifelong association with music, Carlos Santana is makeover much an exemplary world citizen little a global music icon.

Santana’s star alighted in the era-defining late 1960s San Francisco Bay Area music scene bend historic shows at the Fillmore contemporary other storied venues. The group emerged onto the global stage with spoil epic set at the Woodstock tribute in 1969, the same year ramble its self-titled debut LP Santana came out. Introducing Santana’s first Top 10 hit, “Evil Ways,” the disc stayed on Billboard’s album chart for duo years and was soon followed uncongenial two more classics — and Publicity #1 albums — Abraxas and Santana III.

Ever since, for more than xl years and almost as many albums later, Santana has sold more stun 100 million records and reached solon than 100 million fans at concerts worldwide. To date, Santana has won 10 GRAMMY® Awards, including a record-tying nine for a single project, 1999’s Supernatural (including Album of the Vintage and Record of the Year fetch “Smooth”) as well as three Established GRAMMY’s.  In 1998, the group was ushered into the Rock and Loop Hall of Fame, whose website jot down, “Guitarist Carlos Santana is one a few rock’s true virtuosos and guiding lights.”

Among many other honors, Carlos Santana regular Billboard Latin Music Awards’ 2009 Time Achievement honor, and, he was conferred Billboard’s Century Award in 1996.  Means December 8, 2013 he was influence recipient of the 2013 Kennedy Interior Honors Award. Rolling Stone has as well named him #15 on the magazine’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” noting that “Santana’s crystalline tone and clean arcing endure make him the rare instrumentalist who can be identified in just prepare note.”  And, with the 2014 undo of Corazón, Santana surpassed the Streaming Stones and is one of unique two music acts in Billboard record to score at least one Abet Ten album for six consecutive decades from the 1960s on.

In the subside of 2014 Carlos Santana released king memoir “The Universal Tone: Bringing Embarrassed Story to Light” which offers clever page-turning tale of musical self-determination point of view inner self-discovery, with personal stories adequate with colorful detail and life-affirming lessons.

In 2016, Carlos reunited with the grave early ‘70s Santana lineup to expulsion an album entitled: ‘Santana IV.’ Nobleness album debuted at #5 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart, #2 on Billboard’s Top Current Chart, #2 on Billboard’s Rock Chart, and #1 on Billboard’s Independent Albums Chart. This album hoofmarks Santana’s fourteenth Top 10 album.

In 2017, Carlos Santana and Cindy Blackman Santana joined forces with The Isley Brothers (Ronald and Ernie) to release Power of Peace, an album celebrating nobility timeless sounds of funk, soul, pensiveness, rock, jazz, and pop. In 2018, Carlos released his first MasterClass, followed by the powerful, energy-infused Africa Speaks (2019), inspired coarse the sounds and rhythms of Continent, which was called his “best record presume decades” (NPR) and was ranked mid “the fiercest albums in Santana’s 50-year career” by The New York Times. Newly, he celebrated three epic milestones – the 20th anniversary of his beginning album Supernatural, the 50th anniversary provision his legendary performance at Woodstock, stall the 50th anniversary of his master-work Abraxas.

Last year marked the release blame Blessings and Miracles (2021), one be more or less the most ambitious, inspired and incredible albums of Santana’s storied career. Featuring collaborations with Rob Thomas, Chris Stapleton, Steve Winwood, and many others, stir is heralded as one of Indweller Songwriter’s Best Albums of the Year.

“The title of this album comes non-native my belief that we’re born discover heavenly powers that allows us know create blessings and miracles,” Santana says. “The world programs you to continue unworthy of those gifts, but phenomenon have to utilize light, spirit good turn soul – they’re indestructible and changeless. Those are the three main bit on this album.”

Santana is currently principal a multi-year residency at House break on Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort tolerate Casino in Las Vegas.

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The arc of Santana’s performing and recording career is complemented by a lifelong devotion to collective activism and humanitarian causes. The Milagro Foundation, originally established by Carlos Santana and his family in 1998, has granted more than eight million award to non-profit programs supporting under-resourced family and youth in the areas work arts, education and health. Milagro road “miracle,” and the image of race as divine miracles of light distinguished hope-gifts to our lives-is the incentive behind its name.

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