Ua ʻike kēlā me kēia mea aloha iā ia iho i ka mele rock a me ka jazz i ka inoa ʻo Carlos Humberto Santana Aguilara, he mea hoʻokani pila virtuoso a haku mele maikaʻi, hoʻokumu a alakaʻi o ka hui Santana.
ʻO ka poʻe ʻaʻole "fan" o kāna hana, ka mea i komo i ka Latin, jazz, a me blues-rock, nā mea o ka jazz manuahi a me ka funk, hiki ke hoʻomaopopo maʻalahi i ke ʻano hana hoʻokani o kēia mea hoʻokani. He kaao ia! A e ola mau ana nā kaʻao i loko o ka puʻuwai o ka poʻe a lākou i lanakila ai.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio o Carlos Santana
Ua hānau ʻia ka mea hoʻokani pila e hiki mai ana ma Iulai 20, 1947 (i kapa ʻia ʻo Carlos Augusto Alves Santana) ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Autlan de Navarro (mexican state of Jalisco).
Laki loa ʻo ia me kona mau mākua - ʻo kona makuakāne, ʻo Jose Santana, he violinist ʻoihana a koʻikoʻi i ke aʻo ʻana i kāna keiki. Ua aʻo ʻo Carlos ʻelima makahiki i nā kumu kumu o ka manaʻo mele a me ka violin ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi koʻikoʻi.
Mai ka makahiki 1955, ua noho ʻo Santana ma Tijuana. ʻO ka wā kiʻekiʻe o ka pōhaku a me ka ʻōwili ua hoʻoikaika i kahi keikikāne ʻewalu makahiki e lawe i ke kīkā.
ʻO ke kākoʻo o kona makuakāne a me ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā kūlana e like me BB King, John Lee Hooker a me T-Bone Walker i hāʻawi i nā hopena kupaianaha - ʻelua mau makahiki ma hope mai ua hoʻomaka ka mea hoʻokani pila i nā hui me ka hui kūloko o TJ'S, e hāʻawi i kahi kōkua i ka hoʻopiha ʻana i ka ʻohana. kālā.
ʻOiai i kēlā manawa, ʻike nā mea hoʻokani mele kahiko a me nā mea hoʻokani mele i kona ʻono mele, ke akamai a me ka hiki ke hoʻomaʻamaʻa.
Moolelo o ka mea hookani pila
Ma hope o ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻohana i Kapalakiko, ua hoʻomau ke kanaka ʻōpio i ke aʻo ʻana i ke mele, ua kamaʻāina i nā ʻano mele like ʻole a ua hāʻawi nui i ka manawa i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kāna ʻano hana.
Ma hope o ke puka ʻana mai ke kula i ka makahiki 1966, ua hana ke kanaka ʻōpio i kāna Santana Blues Band, kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ma luna ona a me ka mea hoʻokani leo leo ʻo Greg Roli.
ʻO ka hana mua o ka hui, i hana ʻia ma ke keʻena kaulana ʻo Fillmore West, hōʻike i ko lākou mau mākaukau a huki i ka manaʻo o ka lehulehu a me nā hoa hanohano i nā mea mele ʻōpio.
I kekahi mau makahiki ma hope mai, lilo lākou i mea kaulana loa, ua pōkole lākou i ka inoa o ka hui Santana - ʻoi aku ka pōkole, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi. I ka makahiki 1969, ua hoʻokuʻu lākou i kā lākou album mua, kahi hoʻopaʻa ola o The Live Adventures of Al Kooper a me Michael Bloomfield.
I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia lākou i ka ʻahaʻaina Woodstock. Pīhoihoi ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka virtuosic interweaving o ka pōhaku maʻamau me nā mele ʻAmelika Latina e haki ana mai nā kaula o ke kīkā a Santana.
I ka mahina ʻo Nowemapa, ua hauʻoli ka hui i ka lehulehu me ka album studio mua ʻo Santana, ka mea e hoʻoikaika ai i ke ʻano hana kūʻokoʻa o Carlos, i lilo i mea hōʻailona.
ʻO ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka disc ʻelua o Abraxas i ka makahiki 1970 i hoʻolalelale i ka hui a me kona alakaʻi i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka kaulana.
I ka makahiki 1971, ua haʻalele ʻo Raleigh i ka hui, me ka hoʻonele ʻana i ka pūʻulu o nā leo a me nā kīwī, i alakaʻi ʻia i ka hōʻole ʻana i nā hana ʻaha mele. Ua hoʻopiha ʻia ka pause me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ka album Santana III.
I ka makahiki 1972, ua hui pū ʻo Santana me nā mea hoʻokani pila ma nā hana kumu e like me ka live LP Live!, me ka mea hoʻokani pahu/mele ʻo Buddy Miles, a me Caravanserai, he album jazz fusion e hōʻike ana i nā mea hoʻokani pila he nui.
I ka makahiki 1973, ua male ʻo Carlos Santana a hoʻomaikaʻi i kāna wahine (Urmila), i lawe ʻia e ka Hinduism, ua komo ʻo ia i nā hoʻokolohua mele.
ʻO kāna mea kani opuses Love Devotion Surrender, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me J. McLaughlin, a me ILLUMINATIONS, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ke komo ʻana o E. Coltrane, ua ʻike maopopo ʻia e ka lehulehu a ua hoʻoweliweli ʻia e hoʻokahuli iā Santana mai ka pōhaku ʻo Olympus.
ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻopau maikaʻi nā mea inā ʻaʻole no ke komo ʻana o Bill Graham, nāna i lawe i ka hoʻokele o ka hui a loaʻa iā Greg Walker ka mea leo leo nona. ʻO ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ke keiki hoʻopau i ke ala o nā blues a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka album Amigos i hoʻihoʻi i ka hui i kona kaulana mua.
Nā hoʻokō mele a ka mea pena
I ka makahiki 1977, ua hana ʻo Santana i ʻelua papahana kupanaha: Festival a me Moonflower. I ka makahiki 1978, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kahi huakaʻi ʻaha mele, e hoʻokani ana ma ka ʻahaʻaina Kaleponi Jam II a me ka neʻe lanakila ʻana ma ʻAmelika a me ʻEulopa, ʻoiai e hoʻolālā ana i kahi kipa i ka Soviet Union, ʻaʻole naʻe i hana ʻia.
Ua hōʻailona ʻia kēia manawa no Carlos a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi ʻoihana solo. A ʻoiai ʻaʻole i loaʻa ke gula a me nā laurels kāna album mua loa ʻo Golden Reality (1979), ua ʻoi aku ka kūleʻa o nā hana ma hope: ʻo ka mea kani jazz-rock i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka album pālua ʻo The Swing of Delight (1980) i hoʻohuli i ka nānā, a me ka Zebop! haʻi gula.
Ua ukali ʻia kēia me nā hoʻopaʻa ʻana o Havana Moon a me Beyond Appearances, ka mea i hoʻoikaika i kona kūlana. I ka wā o ka huakaʻi, i ka makahiki 1987, ua kipa aku ʻo Santana iā Moscow a hoʻokani ʻia ma laila i ka papahana ʻaha mele "For World Peace".
ʻO ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka mele mele mele ʻo Blues For Salvador i hana ʻo Carlos i lanakila Grammy Award. ʻO ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka makahiki 1990 ʻaʻole ka diski ikaika loa ʻo Spirits Dancing in the Flesh ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻoluliluli hou i ka kaulana o ka moʻolelo!
Akā, 1991 ua piha me nā hanana mālamalama no ka hui a me kona alakaʻi, hauʻoli - he huakaʻi holomua a me ke komo ʻana i ka Pōhaku ma Rio II ʻahaʻaina, a me ka pōʻino - ka make ʻana o Bill Graham a me ka hoʻopau ʻana o ka ʻaelike me Columbia.
Akā, ua hele mau ka hana a Santana me ka ʻimi a me ka hoʻokolohua, ka hui pū ʻana me nā hōkū pōhaku kaulana a me nā hōkū pop e like me Michael Jackson, Gloria Estefan, Ziggy Marley, Cindy Blackman a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, ka puka ʻana mai o nā mele hou a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā album hou.
I ka makahiki 2011, ua kapa ʻia ke kula haʻahaʻa ʻāpana ʻāpana ʻo 12 (San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles) ma hope ona, a lilo ʻo Carlos Santana Academy of the Arts.
