Cándido Camero (1921–2020) was a Cuban conga player and jazz pioneer who played with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Tony Bennett, and by his own account was the first to play three congas at once.
Carlos “Patato” Valdés (1926–2007) was a Cuban conga player who went from Conjunto Casino and La Sonora Matancera in Havana to Tito Puente, Machito and Herbie Mann in New York, and helped develop LP’s Patato Model congas.
