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Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Carlos "Patato" Valdes is credited on 1,174 releases across 166 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,174
Pressings credited
166
Albums
8
Decades active
76
In collections
Credited work
1,174 releases · 166 albums · active 1955–2025
- Performance · 1,541
- Other credits · 135
- Production · 2
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Newport Jazz Festival · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Manhattan Towers
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

The Latin Bit
1963

The Phantom
1968

Afro-Cuban
1955

The Best Of Herbie Mann
1970

Soul Burst
1966

Uno Dos Tres 1•2•3
1966

Percussion Bitter Sweet
1961

A.T.'s Delight
1960

Nu Yorica! (Culture Clash In New York City: Experiments In Latin Music 1970-77)
1996

First Light
1974

Mr. Jones
1973

The Black Angel
1970

Bossa Nova Bacchanal
1963

Mississippi Gambler
1972

Shock Treatment
1968

New Mann At Newport
1966

Latin Mann (Afro To Bossa To Blues)
1965

Live At Newport
1963

Kenya (Afro Cuban Jazz)
1958

Afro-Cuba (The Jazz Roots Of Cuban Rhythm)
1995

Latin Jazz (Latino Heat Meets New York Cool)
1995

So Blue So Funky (Heroes Of The Hammond / Volume 2)
1994

Milagro
1992

Blue Bossa
1986
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