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Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Cuban-American conga player and composer (died 2007)
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Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Cuban conga player (1926–2007)
Carlos Valdés Galán, better known as Patato, was a Cuban conga player. In 1954, he emigrated from La Habana to New York City where he continued his prolific career as a sideman for several jazz and Latin music ensembles, and occasionally as a bandleader. He contributed to the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Conga
Cuban drum
The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto, tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest). Congas were originally used in Afro-Cuban music genres…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)