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The King Of Latin Rock
Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana has successfully navigated the stormy waters of popular music for more than three decades with a unique balance of intelligence, passion, inspiration and honesty. Like certain musicians who have earned such rare affection in the hearts of people around the world Olatunji, John Coltrane, Marvin Gaye, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley and Miles Davis all come to mind - Santana's music bridges the physical world and the spiritual realm.

To feel the music of Santana, whether it was radiating from the stage of the Woodstock festival on a steamy August afternoon in 1969, or bursting forth from a top 40 station on the car radio, or heard in a thousand venues from the Fillmore to Wembley, from Atlanta to Osaka, from the Cotton Bowl to the Waldorf-Astoria Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction dinner in 1998, is to experience a vision that is humble and uplifting at the same time. Hear the soaring riffs, infectious rhythms, and the all-encompassing rock-soul-jazz-Latin-R&B one-world groove that have set Santana apart, and know in your heart that this is timeless music.

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