Carlos Santana (born as Carlos Augusto Santana Alves on 20 July 1947 - Autl… Read Full Bio ↴Carlos Santana (born as Carlos Augusto Santana Alves on 20 July 1947 - Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, México) is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana 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.
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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Personnel
Alice Coltrane - Piano, Harp, Wurlitzer Organ (on track B1)
Carlos Santana - Guitar
Dave Holland - Double Bass (on tracks A2, B1)
James Bond - Bass
Jack DeJohnette - Drums and Percussion (on tracks A2, B1)
Tom Coster - Electric Piano and Hammond Organ (on tracks A2, B1-2)
Jules Broussard - Flute, Soprano Saxophone (on tracks A2, B1)
Phil Brown - Tanpura (on track B1)
Armando Peraza - Congas (on track B1)
Phil Ford - Tablas (on track B1)
String section arranged and conducted by Alice Coltrane
Murray Adler - Violin, concert master
Ron Folsom - Violin
Bill Henderson - Violin
Nathan Kaproff - Violin
Gordon Marron - Violin
Paul Shure - Violin
Charles Veal - Violin
Anne Goodman - Cello
Glenn Grab - Cello
Jackie Lustgarten - Cello
Fred Seykora - Cello
Marilyn Baker - Viola
Myer Bello - Viola
Rollice Dale - Viola
Alan Harshman - Viola
Myra Kestenbaum - Viola
David Schwartz - Viola
@gelubatir9794
Personnel
Alice Coltrane - Piano, Harp, Wurlitzer Organ (on track B1)
Carlos Santana - Guitar
Dave Holland - Double Bass (on tracks A2, B1)
James Bond - Bass
Jack DeJohnette - Drums and Percussion (on tracks A2, B1)
Tom Coster - Electric Piano and Hammond Organ (on tracks A2, B1-2)
Jules Broussard - Flute, Soprano Saxophone (on tracks A2, B1)
Phil Brown - Tanpura (on track B1)
Armando Peraza - Congas (on track B1)
Phil Ford - Tablas (on track B1)
String section arranged and conducted by Alice Coltrane
Murray Adler - Violin, concert master
Ron Folsom - Violin
Bill Henderson - Violin
Nathan Kaproff - Violin
Gordon Marron - Violin
Paul Shure - Violin
Charles Veal - Violin
Anne Goodman - Cello
Glenn Grab - Cello
Jackie Lustgarten - Cello
Fred Seykora - Cello
Marilyn Baker - Viola
Myer Bello - Viola
Rollice Dale - Viola
Alan Harshman - Viola
Myra Kestenbaum - Viola
David Schwartz - Viola
@gelubatir9794
Personnel
Alice Coltrane - Piano, Harp, Wurlitzer Organ (on track B1)
Carlos Santana - Guitar
Dave Holland - Double Bass (on tracks A2, B1)
James Bond - Bass
Jack DeJohnette - Drums and Percussion (on tracks A2, B1)
Tom Coster - Electric Piano and Hammond Organ (on tracks A2, B1-2)
Jules Broussard - Flute, Soprano Saxophone (on tracks A2, B1)
Phil Brown - Tanpura (on track B1)
Armando Peraza - Congas (on track B1)
Phil Ford - Tablas (on track B1)
String section arranged and conducted by Alice Coltrane
Murray Adler - Violin, concert master
Ron Folsom - Violin
Bill Henderson - Violin
Nathan Kaproff - Violin
Gordon Marron - Violin
Paul Shure - Violin
Charles Veal - Violin
Anne Goodman - Cello
Glenn Grab - Cello
Jackie Lustgarten - Cello
Fred Seykora - Cello
Marilyn Baker - Viola
Myer Bello - Viola
Rollice Dale - Viola
Alan Harshman - Viola
Myra Kestenbaum - Viola
David Schwartz - Viola
@markh5399
This is a masterpiece. I have listening to since I was boy. I am 60 now. Wonderful beauty.
@oe1freak
like me, I am 61 now
@rolandoxsandoval6943
Right on bro, one of three most powerful and hypnotic albums
It takes you on a journey in the universe.
@biffphuddle6581
I feel blessed and lucky to be priveldged to be on this planet when this music was made, I got to buy the album when it first came out and listen, and return to it time and time again to heal my spirit and remind me of the true majesty and peace of God's creation and the beauty of it and his love for all of us.
@bodhiheeren
Beautiful, spiritual music.
@alanchriston6806
Outstanding
😊🏴☠️
@davidnickell9381
I bought this LP in the late 70s as an impulse buy. It changed how I think about music.
@ogrebattle22763
Good album if you're the type of fan that loves to listen to the boundaries of music being explored & pushed to different limits & interpretations... this album is indeed for you...
@amsedelm
Wow, what memories. I remember when this album came out, and my whole first band, Devoshun, sat around listening to it stoned out of our minds. Blew our 16 yr old minds.
@markh5399
That's a memory worth keeping.