1. Salvador Santana was born on May 22,1983 and is a singer, spoken word artist, songwriter, and composer.
11 Facts About Salvador Santana
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Salvador Santana's maternal grandfather, Saunders King, is an icon of American blues and his paternal grandfather, Jose Santana, is a violinist and mariachi bandleader.
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Salvador Santana later went on to study music at Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts High School.
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Salvador Santana took up playing percussion and found a niche with the tympani drum.
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Salvador Santana played piano in the school's award-winning jazz band.
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In 1999, Santana collaborated with his father on composing the Grammy winning track "El Farol" on the album Supernatural.
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Salvador Santana majored in Musical Arts at California Institute of the Arts in Santa Clarita, California.
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Salvador Santana enlisted underground legends Del the Funky Homosapien, Money Mark, and GZA to help him with the album's production.
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In 2014, Salvador Santana was invited by producer Gerry Gallagher to record with Latin rock legends El Chicano as well as Alphonse Mouzon, Brian Auger, Vikki Carr, Alex Ligertwood, Ray Parker Jr.
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In 2017 Salvador Santana recorded a song with Juanes for a Creedence Clearwater Revival cover album called Quiero Creedence.
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Salvador Santana's latest project is a politically-charged album with fellow musician Asdrubal "Asdru" Sierra of the band Ozomatli, entitled RMXKNZ.