José Areas

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human musician percussionist songwriter

José Areas is a Nicaraguan percussionist best known as a founding member of the rock band Santana, contributing congas and Latin rhythms to their classic early albums.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
percussionist ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1960s ⓘ
associatedAct Carlos Santana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santana NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo Abraxas (1970 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caravanserai (1972 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santana (1969 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santana III (1971 album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfBirth Nicaragua NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre Latin rock ⓘ
jazz fusion ⓘ
rock ⓘ
instrument congas ⓘ
percussion ⓘ
timbales ⓘ
memberOf Santana NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicalStyle Latin-influenced rock percussion ⓘ
nationality Nicaraguan ⓘ
notableFor being a founding member of Santana ⓘ
contributing Latin percussion to Santana’s early albums ⓘ
notableWork percussion on the song "Black Magic Woman" ⓘ
percussion on the song "Oye Como Va" ⓘ
occupation musician ⓘ
percussionist ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
partOf classic early Santana lineup ⓘ
positionInBand percussionist of Santana ⓘ

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Abraxas (album) → featuresMusician → José Areas ⓘ
subject surface form: Abraxas
Santana (band) → hasPastMember → José Areas ⓘ
subject surface form: Santana
Abraxas (album) → includesCompositionBy → José Areas ⓘ
subject surface form: Abraxas