Luis Conte

Luis Cristóbal 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 Contes live performance and touring career took off when he joined Madonnas touring band in the 1980s Neil Strauss of The New York Times describes Contes playing as grazing Latinstyle percussion Conte immigrated to Los Angeles in 1967 where he attended Los Angeles City College studying music and entrenched himself in the music community Contes career includes composing and playing in ABC TVs Dancing with the Stars band along with many TV and film projects Description above from the Wikipedia article Luis Conte licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia