# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/poncho-sanchez
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:03:05.122Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/poncho-sanchez"
name: "Poncho Sanchez"
slug: "poncho-sanchez"
description: "Poncho Sánchez is an American conguero, Latin jazz band leader, and salsa singer. In 2000, he and his ensemble won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album for their work on the Concord Picante album Latin Soul. Sanchez has performed with artists including Cal Tjader, Mongo Santamaría, Hugh Masekela, Clare Fischer, and Tower of Power."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Poncho_Sanchez_performing_at_Jazz_Cruise_2014.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: "1951-10-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.82
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.916382666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ponchosanchezjazz"
    handle:    "ponchosanchezjazz"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ponchosanchez.com/unflashed.html"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/257902"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "پونتشو سانتشيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poncho_Sanchez"
    title: "Poncho Sanchez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poncho_Sanchez"
    title: "Poncho Sanchez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poncho_S%C3%A1nchez"
    title: "Poncho Sánchez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poncho_Sanchez"
    title: "Poncho Sanchez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poncho_Sanchez"
    title: "Poncho Sanchez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poncho_S%C3%A1nchez"
    title: "Poncho Sánchez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poncho_Sanchez"
    title: "Poncho Sanchez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poncho_Sanchez"
    title: "Poncho Sanchez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poncho_Sanchez"
    title: "Poncho Sanchez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/62da2ead-f055-4ad0-b939-3274bb2c54b2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1377199"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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