Carlos Santana

Artist:  Carlos Santana
Birth Name:  Carlos Augusto Alves Santana
Born:  July 20, 1947.  Autlan de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico.
Genre:  Rock, Latin Rock, Blues Rock, Funk, Jazz, Chicano Rock
Occupations:  Musician, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar, Percussion, Vocals

Carlos Santana is a Mexican Rock Guitarist and best known as a leader of the band Santana in the late 1960s and early 1970s.  His music combined Rock, Salsa, Jazz Fusion, Sound melodic, Blues-based Guitar lines against Latin and Rock with rhythms featuring Percussion instruments such as Timbales and Congas.  Rolling Stone Magazine listed Carlos Santana at number 15 on tier list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003.

With Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin

Title:  Love Devotion Surrender  (1973)
Genre:  Jazz Fusion
Label:  Columbia
Rating:  *****

Title:   Illuminations   (1974)
Genre:  Rock, Jazz
Label:   Columbia
Rating:  ****

Title:  Oneness:  Silver Dreams-Golden Reality  (1979)
Genre:   Rock, Jazz, Latin Rock, World Music
Label:  Columbia
Rating:   *****

Title:  The Swing Of Delight (1980)
Genre:  Rock, Latin Rock, Jazz
Label:  Columbia
Rating:  ****

Title:  Havana Moon (1983)
Genre:  Rock, Latin Rock
Label:  Columbia
Rating:   ****

With Santana Brothers

Title:  Santana Brothers  (1994)
Genre:  Rock, Latin Rock
Label:  Guts and Grace
Rating:   *****

With Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles

Title:   Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!  (1972)
Genre:  Rock, Hard Rock, Latin Rock, Jazz
Label:  Columbia
Rating:  ****

With Santana

Title:  Santana   (1969)
Genre:  Rock, Latin Rock, Blues Rock
Label:  Columbia
Rating:  ****

The Rest Albums are  in Santana.