Salvador Santana
Salvador Santana was born in 1983 in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is an instrumentalist whose main instrument is the electronic keyboard. He sings and is a spoken word artist, songwriter and composer. He is the son of ten-time Grammy winning guitarist Carlos Santana and poet/author/activist Deborah Santana. His maternal grandfather, Saunders King, is an icon of American blues and his paternal grandfather, Jose Santana, is a violinist and mariachi bandleader.

Santana began playing piano at the age of five. He was instructed by Marcia Miget. He later went on to study music at Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts High School. He took up playing percussion and found a niche with the tympani drum. He also played piano in the school's award-winning jazz band.

In 1999, Salvador collaborated with his father on composing the Grammy winning track "El Farol" on the album "Supernatural".

For higher education, Santana attended California Institute of the Arts in Santa Clarita, California.
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