Carlos Santana is a Mexican rock musician and guitarist. He became famous during the late 1960s and 1970s as he and his band Santana made Latin rock known and loved by the rest of the world. In the music which Santana plays you will find a medley of musical styles all of which adds a certain ambience to the music. These genres you may hear strains of are blues, jazz fusion, salsa and rock. This fusion of sounds that you will hear, have propelled fans to listen to and feel the music entering their very fiber.

As you listen to the music of Carlos Santana you will hear how traditional Latin music has fused the rock music to produce an electrifying effect on the songs the group plays. The blues based guitar sounds are set against a background of congas and timbales which are some Latin percussion sounds. This careful mixture of sounds in their songs have enabled Carlos Santana and his band to reach the top ten position on the Billboard 200 for over 40 unbroken years with albums which are non-compilations.

It was in 1966 that Carlos Santana decided to become a full time singer and his band Santana became formed. During the years numerous musicians have helped to make the music you hear from this group sound dynamic and different yet at the same time you will still hear the fast paced rhythms which are the stylistic hallmarks of Carlos Santana and the Santana’s. As you look for his songs you will find there are numerous albums which have been played in conjunction with the band and ones which he has performed as a solo artist. Some of these solo artist albums are The Swing of Delight, Oneness: Silver Dreams, Golden Reality, and Blues for Salvador.

Some of the albums produced by Carlos Santana have been made with the collaboration of other artists like Alice Coltrane in Illuminations, John McLaughlin in Love Devotion Surrender and Havana Moon with Willie Nelson, Booker T and the MGs and The Fabulous Thunderbirds. So the next time you are looking for great Latin rock music performed by a master look for albums of Carlos Santana ad feel the beat of his music electrifying your soul.

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