Musician Jorge Santana, guitarist and a pioneer of the Latin rock sound of the early '70s through the Bay Area-based band Malo, has died. The 68-year-old musician died of natural causes on Thursday at his home, according to family.
, the largely African-American outfit that borrowed from cha-cha-chá and mambo, mixing them with deep-groove R&B.
It was also the era of lead-guitarist gunslingers — and Jorge Santana more than held his own. The below playlist illustrates his ability to offer perfectly placed poetry amidst the dynamic passion of Afro-Cuban percussion and intricate horn arrangements. The tragedy of that era is that ultimately the mainstream music business at the time, seemingly, had room for just one"Latin" act.
Santana was central in helping to open ears and hearts to the various forms of Latin music — the result is that everyone, from Gloria Estefan to J.Lo to Bad Bunny, can now more ably find a seat at the table., who has performed with Jorge Santana in the current version of Malo.
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