Cindy Blackman Santana

Cindy Blackman Santana is a virtuoso drummer, bandleader and musician, with a passion for pushing creative boundaries and exploring movement and change. Throughout her career, Cindy has toured the globe and made albums with artists including Lenny Kravitz, Pharoah Sanders, Cassandra Wilson, Bill Laswell, Joss Stone, Joe Henderson, Buckethead, Don Pullen, Hugh Masakela, and Angela Bofill. She writes, records, and performs with her own bands, Cindy Blackman Santana Group and Another Lifetime, which released its critically-acclaimed self-titled debut in 2010. In 2016, Cindy joined Santana full-time and has been mesmerizing audiences around the globe ever since.In September 2020, she delivered a new solo album Give the Drummer Some, with songs that span the realm of jazz, rock, and funk and featuring Cindy’s incredible versatility both behind the kit and in front of the microphone.