What is Carlos Santana?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Carlos Santana | image = Santana Acer Arena (5558151833) (cropped).jpg | image_size = 220px | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = Santana, 2011 | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|7|20}} | birth_place = [[Autlán|Autlán de Navarro]], [[Jalisco]], [[Mexico]] | origin = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], United States | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|1947-1999}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = [[Latin rock]], [[chicano rock]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[blues rock]], [[jazz rock]], [[tejano music|tejano]], [[free jazz]], [[psychedelic rock]] | occupation = [[Musician]], [[songwriter]], [[bandleader]] | instrument = [[Guitar]], [[Percussion instrument|percussion]], [[Singing|vocals]] | years_active = 1966–present | label = [[RCA Records|RCA]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/rca-s-peter-edge-tom-corson-on-the-shuttering-1005394732.story |title=RCA's Peter Edge, Tom Corson on the Shuttering of Jive, J and Arista |publisher=Billboard.biz |date=2011-10-07 |access-date=2011-12-31}}</ref> [[Arista Records|Arista]], [[Polydor Records|Polydor]], [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], [[Polygram Records|Polygram]], [[Columbia Records|CBS]] | associated_acts = [[Santana (band)|Santana]], [[Los Lonely Boys]], [[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin]], [[Maná]] | website = {{URL|santana.com}} }} '''Carlos Santana''' (born July 20, 1947) is a [[Mexico|Mexican]]-[[Americans|American]] musician. He first became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, [[Santana (band)|Santana]]. They played a fusion of [[Rock music|rock]] and Latin Ameri