Carlos Santana

Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20 1947 in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico) is a Mexican–American Grammy Award-winning musician and Latin-rock guitarist.

Decline in popularity

Now using the name Devadip Carlos Santana, bestowed upon him by spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy, Carlos Santana's next project was Love Devotion Surrender, a collaboration with jazz-rock guitarist and fellow Chinmoy disciple John McLaughlin. Backed by musicians from both Santana and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, the album was a tribute to John Coltrane filtered through joint spiritual ecstacy; critical and popular reactions were mixed.

Related Topics:
Sri Chinmoy - Love Devotion Surrender - John McLaughlin - Mahavishnu Orchestra - John Coltrane

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Carlos Santana used the Santana name and a series of changing musicians to continue to tour around the country, releasing several albums. Santana had five top-forty singles in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with "Winning" in 1981 and "Hold On" in 1982 both reaching the top twenty.

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Many albums followed in the 1970s and 1980s, including collaborations with Willie Nelson, Herbie Hancock, Booker T. Jones, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, and The Fabulous Thunderbirds.

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1970s - 1980s - Willie Nelson - Herbie Hancock - Booker T. Jones - Wayne Shorter - Ron Carter - The Fabulous Thunderbirds

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In 1988 Santana won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for Blues for Salvador.

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In 1990 he left Columbia Records after twenty-two years and signed with Polygram. In 1991, Santana made a guest appearance on Ottmar Liebert's album "Solo Para Ti", on the songs "Reaching out 2 U" and a cover of his own song, "Samba Pa Ti".

Related Topics:
Polygram - Ottmar Liebert

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