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{{Short description|Cuban conga player}}
{{other people||Carlos Valdés (disambiguation)}}
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▲| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|11|4|mf=y}}
▲| birth_place = Los Sitios, [[Centro Habana]], [[La Habana]], [[Cuba]]
| death_place = [[Cleveland (Ohio)|Cleveland]], Ohio, US
▲| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|12|4|1926|11|4|mf=y}}
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▲| label = [[Panart Records|Panart]], [[Blue Note]], [[Verve Records|Verve]]
▲| associated_acts = [[Armando Peraza]], [[Mongo Santamaría]], [[Tito Puente]], [[Charlie Palmieri]], [[Herbie Mann]], Eugenio "Totico" Arango, The Latin Percussion Jazz Ensemble
▲| website = http://pmrecords.com/Patato.shtml
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'''Carlos Valdés Galán''' (November 4, 1926 – December 4, 2007), better known as '''Patato''', was a
==Nicknames==
Like most Cuban musicians, Carlos Valdés had several nicknames throughout his artistic career. Early on he was known as "El Toro" (''The Bull'') as a young dancer and boxer. In school he was known as "Patato" (''
== Life ==
=== Early life and career ===
Carlos Valdés Galán was born in the neighbourhood of Los Sitios in [[La Habana]] on November 4, 1926.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fernández |first1=Raúl A. |title=From Afro-Cuban Rhythms to Latin Jazz |date=2006 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-24708-6 |page=108 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bacwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA108 |language=en}}</ref> His father, Carlos Valdés Brito, was a [[Tres (instrument)|tres]] player who was part of the seminal ''[[coros de clave|coro de clave]]'' Los Apaches, and author of the son "Maldita timidez" recorded by [[Sexteto Habanero]]. The rest of his family included many other musicians and [[Santería|santeros]]; his cousin was the singer [[Francisco Fellove]] aka "El Gran Fellove".<ref name="J">{{cite news|last1=Olivares|first1=Juan José|title=Murió el Gran Fellove, precursor del filin cubano y padre del chúa|url=http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2013/02/19/espectaculos/a08n1esp|accessdate=October 15, 2015|work=La Jornada|date=February 19, 2013|language=Spanish|page=8}}</ref> Carlos soon followed his father footsteps, learning to play the tres and a wide variety of percussion instruments, including the [[marímbula]], the [[botija]], the [[shekere]], the [[tambourine]], the [[cajón de rumba|cajón]] and the [[double bass]]. He became a member of the [[comparsa]] Las sultanas in which he played the congas (tumbadoras). He became a master of the instrument at a young age, playing alongside other greats such as [[Mongo Santamaría]], [[Candido Camero|Cándido Camero]], [[Julito Collazo]] and [[Armando Peraza]]. The latter was his neighbour and partner in the [[Conjunto Kubavana]] led by [[Alberto Ruiz]]. He was only 18 years old when he joined this band in 1944. He left the group in 1947 to join the well-known [[Sonora Matancera]], where he stayed for a year. From 1949 to 1954 he played for the [[Conjunto Casino]], one of the most popular bands in La Habana at the time. In 1952, they toured New York City, where fellow drummer Cándido Camero decided to stay. Patato would make the same decision two years later.<ref name="herencia" />
=== Exile ===
Attracted by New York's thriving jazz scene, Patato left Cuba
Patato accompanied [[Dizzy Gillespie]] and [[Quincy Jones]] on extended tours throughout Europe. He acted in and composed the title song of ''[[The Bill Cosby Show]]''. In 1977 he took part in the recording of [[Cachao]]'s comeback albums. In 1991, he contributed to the movie soundtrack for ''The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love''. Patato was the leader of his own band, Afrojazzia, which toured Europe in the spring of 1994. In 1995 he recorded the album "Ritmo y candela" with fellow percussionists [[Changuito]] and [[Orestes Vilató]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Varela |first1=Jesse |title=The Conguero with the Golden Hands |url=http://pmrecords.com/Patato/LatinBeat.shtml |website=Latin Beat Magazine |accessdate=28 August 2014 |date=April 1997 |
=== Death ===
A lifetime smoker, Patato had [[emphysema]] and died of respiratory failure in [[Cleveland, Ohio]] on December 4, 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Child|first=John|title=Obituary: Carlos "Patato" Valdés 1926 - 2007|url=http://www.descarga.com/cgi-bin/db/archives/Profile87|accessdate=November 11, 2011|newspaper=The Descarga Journal|
== Style and craft ==
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Valdés dazzled audiences well into his seventies with his rumba moves. He is also the man who gave [[Brigitte Bardot]] a mambo lesson in the film ''And God Created Woman''. Valdés also expressed his understanding of melody through bass and tres.
Together with Armando Peraza, Valdés would sometimes play a multi-conga and drum setup dubbed the "''bongófono''" at the Zombie Club in Havana.<ref>Fernández, p. 111.</ref> During the late 1940s, he helped develop the first tunable congas, as earlier models were tuned by the unwieldy method of heating them with a [[sterno]] can. His interest in design, as well as his friendship with LP Founder Martin Cohen, led to the development of the LP Patato Model Congas, one of the top-selling conga drums of all time.<ref name="LP" />
==Personal life==
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*''Descarga '77'' (Salsoul, 1977)
*''Dos'' (Salsoul, 1977)
'''With [[Rafael Cortijo]]'''
*''Patato y Cortijo – Guaguancó'' (Teca, c. 1970)
'''With Antonio "Chocolate" Díaz Mena'''
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*''[[Have Trumpet, Will Excite!]]'' (Verve, 1959)
*''[[Portrait of Jenny]]'' (Perception, 1970)
'''With [[Benny Golson]]'''
*''[[Remembering Clifford]]'' (Milestone, 1998)
'''With [[Johnny Griffin]] & [[Matthew Gee]]'''
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*''[[First Light (Family of Mann album)|First Light]]'' (Atlantic, 1974)
*''[[Reggae II]]'' (Atlantic, 1973 [1976])
'''With [[Johnny Pacheco]]'''
*''His Flute and Latin Jam'' (Fania, 1965)
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'''With [[Duke Pearson]]'''
*''[[The Phantom (album)|The Phantom]]'' (Blue Note, 1969)
'''With [[Dave Pike]]'''
*''[[Manhattan Latin]]'' (Decca, 1964)
'''With [[Tito Puente]]'''
*''Puente in Percussion'' (Tico, 1956)
*''Top Percussion'' (RCA Victor, 1958)
*''Tambó'' (RCA Victor, 1960)
'''With [[Kenny Dorham]]'''
*''[[Afro-Cuban (album)|Afro-Cuban]]'' (Blue Note, 1955)
'''With [[Don Ellis]]'''
*''[[Shock Treatment (Don Ellis album)|Shock Treatment]]'' (Columbia, 1968)
'''With [[Stan Free]]'''
*''Piano a la Percussion'' (Old Town, 1961)
'''With [[Mike Longo]]'''
*''Matrix'' (Mainstream, 1972)
*''Funkia'' (Groove Merchant, 1974)
'''With [[Johnny Richards]]'''
*''The Rites of Diablo'' (Roulette, 1958)
'''With [[Al Jazzbo Collins]]'''
*''Presents Swinging At The Opera'' (Everest, 1960)
'''With [[Grant Green]]'''
*''[[The Latin Bit]]'' (Blue Note, 1963)
'''With [[Charlie Rouse]]'''
*''[[Bossa Nova Bacchanal]]'' (Blue Note, 1963)
'''With [[Max Roach]]'''
*''[[Percussion Bitter Sweet]]'' (Impulse!, 1961)
'''With [[Jorge Dalto]]'''
*''Rendez-Vous'' (Eastworld, 1983)
*''Urban Oasis'' (Concord Jazz Picante, 1985)
''' With Orchestre Keur Samba'''
*''Une soirée a Keur Samba'' (BAM, 1961)
'''With [[Elvin Jones]]'''
*''[[Mr. Jones (Elvin Jones album)|Mr. Jones]]'' (Blue Note, 1973)
'''With [[Ben Tucker]]'''
*''Baby, You Should Know It'' (Ava, 1963)
'''[[José_Mangual_Sr.|With José Mangual, Sr.]]'''
*''Buyú'' (Turnstyle, 1977)
*''Authority'' (''LP Records'', 1977)
'''With [[Alfredo Rodríguez]]'''
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'''With [[Bebo Valdés]]'''
*''Bebo Rides Again'' (Messidor, 1995)
*''[[El Arte del Sabor|El arte del sabor]]'' (Blue Note, 2001)
===Compilations===
*''The Legend of Cuban Percussion'' (Six Degrees, 2000)
====Contributing artist====
*''Afro-Cuba: The Jazz Roots of Cuban Rhythm'' (Nascente, 1995)
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