Born and raised in San Francisco's Mission District, Karl Perrazo has played with the best in Pop, Jazz, Rock and Latin Music. The self-taught musician is currently playing with the Santana Band, and has recorded 3 albums with the guitar legend, one of which is a live album recorded in South America.

He has sat in with the greats of Latin Music, including Tito Puente, Machete, Ruben Blades and others amongst many others, and has recorded and played with Malo, Jorge Santana, Cal Tjader, Dizzy Gilespie, Andy Narrel, Ray Obiedo, Tom Coster, Pete and Coke Escovedo, Dennis Chambers, Sheila E., The Artist, Mariah Carey, Paquito D' Rivera, and is on the latest John Lee Hooker album. He also has also recorded with some of the top artists in both Japan and Italy. 

As busy as his schedule is,  Perazzo still finds the time to record with numerous performers, and co-leads two bands in the Bay Area, including the popular salsa band Avance and the "tipico" conjunto he shares with Michael Spiro: Conjunto Karabali. And now he has begun this video series for CongaMasterClass.com. because he strongly believes that the knowledge he has is not his to keep, but to be shared with people around the world!