Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 20, 1947
Place of Birth
Autlán de Navarro (México)
Credits
108 titles
Carlos Santana
Biography
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
Filmography
A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music
Self
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023
Self
Johnson and Knopfler’s Music Legends
Self
Carlos
Self
Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity
Producer
They All Came Out to Montreux
Self
Jose Feliciano: Behind This Guitar
Self
McEnroe
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Torch
Self
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
Self
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Self
Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away
Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres
Self
Fandango at the Wall
Executive Producer
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Self - Musician
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Self
John Lee Hooker: The Boogie Man
Self
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Self
Chasing Trane
Self - Musician
Dolores
Executive Producer
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
Self
Soundbreaking
Self
Santana IV - Live At The House of Blues, Las Vegas
Himself
Santana: Down Under - Live in Australia
Himself
Korla
self
Santana - Montreux Jazz Festival 2015
Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It
Self
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
Self
Santana Live at New Orleans Jazz Festival 2014
himself
Move Me Brightly - Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday
Self
PBS News Weekend
Self
Born In Chicago
Self
Beware of Mr. Baker
Self
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
Self
Santana Live at Montreux 2011
Self : Guitar
Santana: Greatest Hits - Live at Montreux 2011
self
The Santana Story: Angels and Demons
Self
Santana & McLaughlin: Invitation to Illumination - Live at Montreux
himself
Rock Prophecies
Self
Woodstock: Untold Stories
Peter Green: Man of the World
himself
Santana - Viva Santana!
Himself
Clarence Gatemouth Brown: Live At Montreux 2004
Buddy Guy: Live At Montreux 2004
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
Self
Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions
Self
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
Self
Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics: Rockin' the Sixties
Rockpolitik
Self
Santana: In Concert
Self - Guitar, Vocals