Best known as a founding member of the rock band Santana. 

Carlos Santana rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the United States with Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and roll  and Latin American jazz. Its sound featured his melodic, blues-based lines set against Latin American and African rhythms played on percussion instruments not generally heard in rock, such as timbales and congas. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s.