Patato Valdés

Patato Valdés has over 7138 followers across Spotify and LastFM. Currently we track 2 digital music and social platforms for Patato Valdés. When AVR-Music Stats last calculated the current growth of Patato Valdés's social media following, it was roughly -2 followers per day. We collect data on 10,000’s of rappers, singers, musicians, producers, bands & DJs from around the world across multiple genres including edm, rock, hip hop, grime, pop, jazz, folk and many more. Found something missing? You can add data for Patato Valdés here.

Patato Valdés's Music Bio

Carlos Valdes (November 4, 1926 ? December 4, 2007) was a Cuban-born American conga player.[1] In 1955 he emigrated from Cuba to New York City[2][3] where he played with Willie Bobo in Harlem.[4] He was also known by the name "Patato".[5] He invented and patented the tunable conga drum (earlier drums had nailed heads) which revolutionized use of the instrument. Tito Puente called him "the greatest conguero alive today".[6] Since the 1950s Patato was among the congueros that are in highest demand in the Latin Music and jazz world. Read more on Last.fm

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