"Samba pa ti" is an instrumental by Latin rock band Santana, from their 1970 album, Abraxas.
[4] The song was written by Carlos Santana after he witnessed a jazz saxophonist playing in the street outside his apartment.
[6] ""Samba Pa Ti" was conceived in New York City on a Sunday afternoon,"..."I opened the window I saw this man in the street, he was drunk and he had a saxophone and a bottle of booze in his back pocket.
He couldn’t make up his mind which one to put in his mouth first, the saxophone or the bottle and I immediately heard a song"..."I wrote the whole thing right there"—Carlos Santana[7]"Samba Pa Ti" is one of the group's most popular and acclaimed songs, and it is still in the band's tour set lists.
[8] In 1974 the song was covered by Bruno Battisti D'Amario and Edda Dell'Orso for the album Samba para ti.