Carlos Santana

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bandleader guitarist human recording artist songwriter

Carlos Santana is a Mexican-American guitarist and bandleader renowned for pioneering a fusion of rock, Latin music, and jazz, especially through his work with the band Santana.

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Label	Occurrences
Carlos Santana canonical	49
Santana	11
Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bandleader ⓘ guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ recording artist ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1960s ⓘ
awardReceived	Billboard Music Award ⓘ surface form: Billboard Century Award Grammy Award for Album of the Year ⓘ Grammy Award for Best Rock Album ⓘ Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ Latin Grammy Award ⓘ
birthName	Carlos Santana self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán
collaboratedWith	Everlast ⓘ Michelle Branch ⓘ Rob Thomas ⓘ Wyclef Jean ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1947-07-20 ⓘ
genre	Chicano rock ⓘ Latin rock ⓘ blues rock ⓘ jazz fusion ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ rock ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
instrument	acoustic guitar ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
memberOf	Santana (band) ⓘ
name	Carlos Santana self-link ⓘ
notablePerformance	Woodstock Festival 1969 ⓘ surface form: Woodstock Music & Art Fair 1969
notableSong	Black Magic Woman ⓘ Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile) ⓘ Maria Maria ⓘ Oye Como Va ⓘ Samba Pa Ti ⓘ Smooth ⓘ
notableWork	Abraxas (album) ⓘ Caravanserai ⓘ surface form: Caravanserai (album) Santana (band) ⓘ Santana III (album) ⓘ Supernatural ⓘ surface form: Supernatural (album)
occupation	bandleader ⓘ composer ⓘ guitarist ⓘ record producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico ⓘ
positionHeld	bandleader of Santana (band) ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	fusion of rock, Latin rhythms, and jazz elements ⓘ use of sustained, melodic guitar lines ⓘ

Referenced by (61)

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B. B. King → influenced → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Columbia Records → notableArtist → Carlos Santana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santana

Bill Graham → promotedArtist → Carlos Santana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santana

Bertelsmann Music Group → notableArtist → Carlos Santana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santana

Clive Davis → discovered → Carlos Santana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santana

Clive Davis → workedWithArtist → Carlos Santana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santana

Clive Davis → workedWithArtist → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Carlos Santana → name → Carlos Santana self-link ⓘ

Carlos Santana → birthName → Carlos Santana self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán

Live at the Regal → influenced → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Carlos → hasNotableBearers → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Wyclef Jean → associatedAct → Carlos Santana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santana

Dominican Republic national baseball team → notablePlayer → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Django Reinhardt → influenced → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Mike Bloomfield → influenced → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives → featuresPerson → Carlos Santana ⓘ

The Soundtrack of My Life → featuresPerson → Carlos Santana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santana

Supernatural → producer → Carlos Santana ⓘ

documentary film "Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives" → featuresArtist → Carlos Santana ⓘ

subject surface form: Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives

Peter Green → influenced → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Maria Maria → leadGuitarist → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Michelle Branch → associatedAct → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico → isBirthplaceOf → Carlos Santana ⓘ

subject surface form: Autlán de Navarro

Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico → hasNotablePerson → Carlos Santana ⓘ

subject surface form: Autlán de Navarro

Abraxas (album) → producer → Carlos Santana ⓘ

subject surface form: Abraxas

Abraxas (album) → includesCompositionBy → Carlos Santana ⓘ

subject surface form: Abraxas

Abraxas (album) → featuresMusician → Carlos Santana ⓘ

subject surface form: Abraxas

Santana III (album) → producer → Carlos Santana ⓘ

subject surface form: Santana III

Santana III (album) → featuresMusician → Carlos Santana ⓘ

subject surface form: Santana III

Black Magic Woman → associatedAct → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Black Magic Woman → notableLivePerformer → Carlos Santana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santana

Black Magic Woman → hasSignatureRiffBy → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Samba Pa Ti → composer → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Samba Pa Ti → producer → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Samba Pa Ti → associatedAct → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Samba Pa Ti → isSignatureSongOf → Carlos Santana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santana

Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile) → artist → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile) → composer → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Smooth → performer → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Rob Thomas → collaboratedWith → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Everlast → associatedAct → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Everlast → collaboratedWith → Carlos Santana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santana

Santana (band) → founder → Carlos Santana ⓘ

subject surface form: Santana

Santana (band) → leader → Carlos Santana ⓘ

subject surface form: Santana

Santana (band) → hasMember → Carlos Santana ⓘ

subject surface form: Santana

Otis Rush → influenced → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Johan Santana → familyName → Carlos Santana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Santana

John Lee Hooker → notableCollaboration → Carlos Santana ⓘ

Freddie King → influenced → Carlos Santana ⓘ