Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Carlos "Patato" Valdes

Conga player

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1926

Place of Birth: Havana, Havana Province, Cuba

Date of Death: 04-Dec-2007

Profession: percussionist, jazz musician

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Carlos Valdés (November 4, 1926 – December 4, 2007), better known as Patato, was a Cuban-born American 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 invented and patented the tunable conga drum which revolutionized the use of the instrument in the US.
Tito Puente once called him "the greatest conguero alive today".