Luis Conte
Luis Conte (born 16 November 1954) 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". Conte immigrated to Los Angeles in 1967, where he attended Los Angeles City College studying music, and entrenched himself in the music community. Conte's career includes composing and playing in ABC TV's Dancing with the Stars band, along with many TV and film projects.
Genre: jazz-fusion, latin-jazz, smooth-jazz
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Top Tracks
- Bad Rap
- Highly Classified
- Cajunga
- Big & Hairy
- Monkey Love
- Tito
- The Darkside
- A Few Levels Deep
- On the Horizon
- Headwest
- Another Story (feat. Mike Miller, Mitch Forman & Luis Conte)
- Mere Indulgence (feat. Mike Miller, Luis Conte, Mitch Forman & Larry Steen)
- August Twilight (feat. Mike Miller, Luis Conte & Mitch Forman)
- Funkafried (feat. Frank Gambale, Eric Marienthal, Mike Miller, Luis Conte & Rich Forman)
- O Canto
- Algo Bueno
- Blockade
- Habanera del Adiós
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- Rumba
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