# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/machito
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:18:58.827Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/machito"
name: "Machito"
slug: "machito"
description: "Frank Grillo known professionally as Machito, was a Latin jazz musician who helped refine Afro-Cuban jazz and played a key role in the creation of both Cubop and salsa music. He was raised in Havana with his foster sister, the singer Graciela."
tagline: "Latin jazz musician (1912-1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Machito%2C_Glen_Island_Casino%2C_New_York%2C_N.Y.%2C_ca._July_1947_(William_P._Gottlieb_13821).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1912-02-16"
deathDate: "1984-04-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.19590133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2060884/"
    handle:    "nm2060884"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.machitoorchestranyc.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/303209"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "ماكيتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machito"
    title: "Machito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machito"
    title: "Machito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machito"
    title: "Machito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machito_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Machito (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machito"
    title: "Machito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machito"
    title: "Machito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machito"
    title: "Machito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machito"
    title: "Machito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machito"
    title: "Machito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%81%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88"
    title: "マチート"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%B9%98%ED%86%A0"
    title: "마치토"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machito"
    title: "Machito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%88_(%D9%85%D8%B2%D9%82%D9%88%D9%86%E2%80%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "ماچیتو (مزقون‌چی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machito"
    title: "Machito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machito"
    title: "Machito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8b280260-dacb-4195-a34d-16e5068de288"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462983"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4456773"
    title: "Machito Tomu"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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