Santana in concert

March 10th, 2006

The legendary guitarist Carlos Santana will perform live next Tuesday, March 21st in Lima’s Estadio Monumetal. The concert is part of the All That I Am world tour, that promotes his latest album.

Born in 1947 in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico, Carlos Santana (real name Carlos Augusto Alves Santana) is a Grammy Award-winning musician that has sold an estimated 80 million albums worldwide. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band The Santana Blues Band, which created a highly successful blend of salsa, rock, blues, and jazz fusion. Their sound featured his often high-pitched and clean guitar lines set against Latin instrumentation such as timbales and congas.

The band released a largely instrumental, self-titled album, Santana in 1969. On the tour to support the album, the band played at Woodstock Music and Art Festival. They were one of the surprises of the festival; their set was legendary, and later the exposure of their eight-minute instrumental “Soul Sacrifice” in the Woodstock film and soundtrack albums vastly increased Santana’s popularity. Santana became a huge hit, reaching number four on the U.S. album chart, and the catchy single “Evil Ways” reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 1970 the group reached its early commercial peak with their second album, Abraxas, which reached number one on the album charts and went on to sell over four million copies. The innovative Santana musical blend made a number-four hit out of English blues-rockers Fleetwood Mac’s “Black Magic Woman”, and a number-thirteen hit out of salsa champion Tito Puente’s “Oye Como Va”.

After almost disappearing from the musical scenes during the late 80s and 90s, Santana made a huge comeback in 1999 with Supernatural, an album that included collaborations with Bobby Martin, Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20, Eric Clapton, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, Maná and others.

Santana’s last album All That I Am (2005) follows the format of Supernatural, consisting primarily of collaborations with other artists; the first single, the peppy “I’m Feeling You”, was again with Michelle Branch and The Wreckers.

Tuesday, March 21, 9pm, Estadio Monumental (Prolongación Javier Prado Este cuadra 77, Ate Vitarte). Check e-teleticket.com for ticket information.

Santana’s biography from Wikipedia.

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