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Carlos "Patato" Valdes

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Since Patato emigrated from Cuba he had an incredible career,having the spontaneity and charm to draw audiences from all over, with the irresistible Afro-Cuban rhythms he so skillfully created. Valdez's understanding of melodic percussion was ahead of his time and required advances in drum technology. During the late 1940's he helped develop the first tunable congas, as earlier models were tuned by the previous method of heating them over a source of fire. His innovations on the conga drums have been a major contribution to music. He truly is in the master class. Born November 4, 1926 in Barrio Los Sitios in Havana, his father was a pioneer "tres" (guitar) player with the group Los Apaches, made up of longshoremen, the group was formed in 1915 and when they broke up in 1920 split into Sexteto Habanero and Sexteto Nacional

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Carlos "Patato" Valdes

Jazz Musician of the Day: Carlos "Patato" Valdes

All About Jazz is celebrating Carlos “Patato" Valdes' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Carlos “Patato" ValdesCarlos “Patato" Valdes - congas, percussion Since Patato emigrated from Cuba he had an incredible career,having the spontaneity and charm to draw audiences from all over, with the irresistible Afro-Cuban rhythms he ...

Album

El Hombre

Label: Mambo Maniacs
Released: 2005
Track listing: Patato's Night Dance; Las Mujeres Favoritas de Patato; Mosquito; Cha-Cha-Cha-Por Aqui; Como un Bolero; Le Pomme de Terre; Stage Life; Equinox; Ballade Melancholie; Reprise Patato.

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Article: Album Review

Carlos Patato Valdes: El Hombre

Read "El Hombre" reviewed by Russ Musto


Carlos Patato Valdes is arguably the most melodic of all congueros. The inventor of the tuned conga drum, he sings on his instrument like no other percussionist, so it comes as no surprise that this delightful date consists of some particularly lyrical Latin jazz. Leading an ensemble that features flutist Oriente Lopez (star of Charlie Haden's ...

Album

Authority

Label: In Situ
Released: 1976

Album

Latin Mann (Afro To Bossa To Blues)

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 1965
Track listing: Lets Boom Chitty Boom Herbie Mann 323; Whatd I Say Ray Charles 459; Seor Blues Horace Silver 352; Bijou Ralph Burns 325; Jungle Fantasy Esy Morales 354; Watermelon Man Herbie Hancock 409; Interlude Pete Rugolo 414; The Jive Samba Nat Adderley 503; Ave Maria Morena Fausto Curbelo 436; Manteca Dizzy Gillespie Chano Pozo Gil Fuller 435.


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