José Areas

José Areas
Background information
Birth name	José Octavio Areas Dávila
Also known as	Chepito
Born	(1946-07-25) July 25, 1946 León, Nicaragua
Genres	Latin rock, funk rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Timbales, percussion, congas, trumpet
Years active	1969-present
Labels	Columbia
Associated acts	Santana

José Octavio "Chepito" Areas (born 25 July 1946) is a Nicaraguan percussionist best known for having played timbales in the Latin rock group Santana from 1969-1977 and 1987-1989.^[1] In 1998, he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for his work in Santana.^[2] In 1997, he performed on Abraxas Pool with other members of the early 1970s iteration of Santana, including Gregg Rolie, Neal Schon, Michael Carabello and Michael Shrieve.^[3] Previously, he released an eponymous solo album on Columbia/CBS Records in 1974. La Gigantona, a 1976 collaboration with Nicaraguan singer-songwriter and childhood friend Alfonso Noel Lovo, was reissued by Numero Group in 2012.^[4] Featured along with Richard Bean in The Sounds of Santana CD by Mike Roman & The Tellstars (2003). Featured along with Michael Shrieve in Cha Cha Time! CD by Mike Roman & The Tellstars (2007).

Solo discography

• Jose "Chepito" Areas (1974)

with Santana

• Santana (1969)
• Abraxas (1970)
• Santana III (1971)
• Caravanserai (1972)
• Welcome (1973)
• Lotus (1974)
• Borboletta (1974)
• Festivál (1977)
• Moonflower (1977)

with Abraxas Pool

• Abraxas Pool (1997)

Other albums

• Feel It! (1970)
• Sisyphus (1970)
• Mwandishi (1970
• Shake Off the Demon (1971)
• Choice Quality Stuff/Anytime (1971)
• Boz Scaggs & Band (1971)
• Danny Cox (1971)
• Brenda Patterson (1973)
• Foolish Pleasures (1975)
• Chameleon (1976)
• La Gigantona (1976)
• Giants (1978)
• The Healer (1989)
• Beyond the Thunder (1995)
• The Sounds of Santana CD by Mike Roman & The Tellstars" (2003)
• Cha Cha Time! CD by Mike Roman & The Tellstars" (2007)
• Bossa n' Ramones (2008)
• Angels over Avalon and Aztlan (2008)
• We Back!' (2013)

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