Biography

Benny Rietveld, an alumnus of the University Of Hawaii, has been Musical Director and bass player for Carlos Santana for over 25 years. He's also a producer and composer who has played and recorded with Miles Davis, Sheila E, John Lee Hooker, Dave Matthews, Rob Thomas, Michel Legrand, and many others.

Benny is the recipient of 8 Grammy Awards(TM) and 3 Latin Grammies(TM) for his performances on the Santana albums Supernatural and Shaman. He appears in many concert videos with Santana and Miles Davis. He's been on many live music TV shows, including David Letterman, Dancing With The Stars, Jay Leno, Jools Holland, George Lopez, etc. He's also done theatrical work in front of the camera, with appearances in the 80s cult film Krush Groove, and on the hit TV series Breaking Bad, among others.

He's scored various films such as Brooklyn Rules (starring Alec Baldwin), a few indie short films directed by Julie Bowen and Rosario Dawson, produced progressive alt-pop guitarist Alicyn Yaffee and Romanian avant-folk singer Teodora, written multimedia music for a number of video gaming publications, and has a solo CD entitled Mystery Of Faith.

In 2021, he was working on another solo release, writing a book, and has just finished recording and writing for a new Santana release, to be released in Q3 of 2021.
- IMDb mini biography by: Benny Rietveld