What is "santana"

Santana is the debut studio album by Latin rock band Santana released in 1969. Over half of the album's length is composed of instrumental music, recorded by what was originally a purely free-form jam band. At the suggestion of manager Bill Graham, the band took to writing more conventional songs for more impact, but managed to retain the essence of improvisation in the music.

The album was destined to be a major release, given a headstart by the band's seminal performance at the Woodstock Festival earlier that August. Although " Jingo" was not very successful (only reaching #56), " Evil Ways", the second single taken from the album, was a U.S. Top 10 hit. The album peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 pop album chart and #26 on the UK Albums Chart. It has been mixed and released in both stereo and quadraphonic.

Sântana is a town in north-western Romania, in the county of Arad. It had 12,936 inhabitants as of 2002. The town is situated in the northern part of the Aradului Plateau, at a 29 km distance from the county capital ( Arad). Declared a town in 2003, it administers one village, Caporal Alexa (Erdőskerek).

Santana is a parish in the municipality of Nordeste in the Azores. It is split by a stream into two localities known as Feteira Grande and Feteira Pequena. The population in 2011 was 475, in an area of 6.12 km².

Santana is the third studio album by Santana. The band's second self-titled album, it is often referred to as III to distinguish it from the band's 1969 debut album. The album was also known as Man with an Outstretched Hand. It was the third and last album by the Woodstock-era lineup, and it was also considered by many to be the band's peak commercially and musically, as subsequent releases aimed towards more experimental jazz and Latin music. The album featured two singles, "Everybody's Everything" (guitar solo by Neal Schon), which hit #12 in October 1971, and " No One to Depend On" (solo also by Schon), a staple in FM radio. This is the first album to feature 17-year-old Schon on guitar.

The original album was recorded at Columbia Studios, San Francisco, and released in both stereo and quadraphonic.

Santana III was also the last Santana album to hit #1 on the charts until Supernatural in 1999. According to Guinness Book of World Records 2005, this is the longest delay between #1 albums ever occurring. The original album was re-released in 1998 with live versions of "Batuka", "Jungle Strut" and a previously unreleased song, "Gumbo", recorded at Fillmore West in 1971 which features lead guitar solos by both Santana and Schon.

As was done with the band's debut album, released two years earlier, in 2006 Sony released the "Legacy Edition" of the album, featuring the original album in re-mastered sound, and bonus material:

• Three other songs recorded in the sessions for the album
• The single version of " No One to Depend On"
• The complete 1971 Fillmore West concert (from which the 1998 bonus tracks were taken)

Santana is an American Latin rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1967 by Mexican-American guitarist Carlos Santana. The band first came to widespread public attention when their performance of " Soul Sacrifice" at Woodstock in 1969 provided a contrast to other acts on the bill. This exposure helped propel their first album, also named Santana, into a hit, followed in the next two years by the successful Abraxas and Santana III.

In the years that followed lineup changes were common. Carlos Santana's increasing involvement with guru Sri Chinmoy took the band into more esoteric music, though never quite losing its initial Latin influence.

In 1998, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with Carlos Santana, Jose "Chepito" Areas, David Brown, Gregg Rolie, Mike Carabello and Michael Shrieve being honored.

The band has earned eight Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards, the latter all in 2000. Carlos also won Grammy Awards as a solo artist in 1989 and 2003. Santana has sold more than 90 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling groups of all time. In 2013, Santana announced a reunion of the classic line-up for a new record, Santana IV, which was released in April 2016. They are tied with having the most won Grammys in one night.

Santana (; from Portuguese Santa Ana, meaning Saint Anne) is a northern district in the subprefecture of Santana-Tucuruvi of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, and is located between 4-7 km from downtown São Paulo.

Joaquim Santana Silva Guimarães (22 March 1936 – 24 April 1989), known simply as Santana, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a right half.

Santana is a station on Line 1 (Blue) of the São Paulo Metro.

Santana is a Latin surname, most common in Spanish speaking countries:

• Carlos Santana (born 1947), Mexican-American guitarist
• Luan Santana (born 1991), Brazilian singer.
• Jorge Santana (born 1951), musician and brother of Carlos Santana
• Salvador Santana (born 1983), musician and son of Carlos Santana
• Juelz Santana (born 1982), rapper
• Johan Santana (born 1979), pitcher in Major League Baseball
• Ervin Santana (born 1982), Major League Baseball Pitcher for the Minnesota Twins
• Pedro Santana (1801–1864), first President of the Dominican Republic
• Rodrigão (Rodrigo Santana, born 1979), Brazilian volleyball player
• Tito Santana (born 1953), professional wrestler
• Manuel Santana (born 1938), tennis player
• Lizé Santana (born 1980), American singer-songwriter