Cindy Blackman

Drummer, vocalist, and composer Cindy Blackman Santana is best known to pop music fans for her long tenure with Lenny Kravitz, and as a drummer/composer/collaborator with husband Carlos Santana. Her fluid, authoritative playing style showcases nuance, color, and soul over bombast. But Blackman Santana is also a long-established jazz musician: She has amassed more than 100 studio credits and possesses an equally long live resume. Her recording career began with Wallace Roney on 1987's Intuition for Muse. She signed a solo deal with the label and issued Arcane with Kenny Garret ...