Biography
Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán is a Mexican and 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 late 1990s.
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Awards & recognition
- American Book Awards · 2015
- Billboard Spirit of Hope Award · 2015
- California Hall of Fame · 2011
- Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award · 2009
- Great Immigrants Award · 2007
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- Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year · 2004
- Amadeus Austrian Music Awards
- Kennedy Center Honors
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Filmography28 titles
Ricky Martin: One Night Only
Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity
Woodstock Diary
The Torch
Born In Chicago
Move Me Brightly - Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday
Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music
Woodstock
Beware of Mr. Baker
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
La Bamba
Soul to Soul
Carlos
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away
Santana: Hymns for Peace - Live at Montreux
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
CBS News Sunday Morning
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
Saturday Night Live
Santana & McLaughlin: Invitation to Illumination - Live at Montreux
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It
McEnroe
Dolores
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings