Acting
Carlos Santana
EN, FR, ES, PL cinema · 89 credits
Born
20 July 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
Autlán de Navarro (México)
Also known as Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán · Carlos Augusto Alves Santana · Santana
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
Carlos
as Self
The Torch
as Self
McEnroe
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fandango at the Wall
Executive Producer
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Self - Musician
Chasing Trane
as Self - Musician
Dolores
Executive Producer
Korla
2015
Korla
as self
Born In Chicago
as Self
Santana Live at Montreux 2011
as Self : Guitar, Author, Original Music Composer, Compositor
Santana: Greatest Hits - Live at Montreux 2011
as self, Executive Producer
Santana: In Concert
as Self - Guitar, Vocals
Trey Anastasio: Live at the Warfield
as Self - guitar, vocals
Santana
as Guitar / Vocals
Santana - Sacred Fire
as Himself
Woodstock Diary
as Self
A Reggae Session
as Self
Santana: East Berlin 1987
as Himself, Director
La Bamba
Original Music Composer
Live Aid
as Self
Santana Live at Hammersmith Odeon, December 15th, 1976
as guitar, percussion, backing vocals
Santana
Actor
Fillmore
as Self - Performers(as Santana)
Soul to Soul
as Self
Stamping Ground
as Self - Santana
Woodstock
as Self
Santana - Live at Tanglewood 1970
as guitar, vocals