# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luis-conte
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:38:43.576Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luis-conte"
name: "Luis Conte"
slug: "luis-conte"
description: "Luis Cristóbal Conte is a Cuban percussionist best known for his performances in the bands of artists including James Taylor, Madonna, Pat Metheny Group, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart and Shakira. He began his music career as a studio musician for Latin Jazz acts like Caldera. Conte's live performance and touring career took off when he joined Madonna's touring band in the 1980s. Neil Strauss of The New York Times describes Conte's playing as \"grazing Latin-style percussion\"."
tagline: "Cuban jazz musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Taylor_and_Luis_Conte_at_Tanglewood.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1954-11-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.41
  momentum:             7.111571505489617
  historical:           7.909686666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176245/"
    handle:    "nm0176245"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ztqSAprO9RSPrjxYCnbpI"
    handle:    "0ztqSAprO9RSPrjxYCnbpI"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.luisconte.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/268297"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "لويس كونت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Conte"
    title: "Luis Conte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Conte"
    title: "Luis Conte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Conte"
    title: "Luis Conte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86"
    title: "ルイス・コンテ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Conte"
    title: "Luis Conte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Conte"
    title: "Luis Conte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/634ad0a1-634f-4834-a54a-f603fed67bd0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3840346"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump