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Carlos Valdes, a Conga King of Jazz, Dies at 81

December 6, 2007

Carlos Valdes, better known as Patato, whose melodic conga playing made him a giant of Latin jazz in Cuba and then for more than half a century in America, died on Tuesday in Cleveland. He was 81 and lived in Manhattan. The cause was respiratory failure, said his manager, Charles Carlini. Born in Havana, Patato (a ...