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Carlos Vidal Bolado was born on 12 January, 1914 in Matanzas, Cuba, is a Cuban musician (1914–1996). Discover Carlos Vidal Bolado's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

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Occupation Musician
Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 12 January, 1914
Birthday 12 January
Birthplace Matanzas, Cuba
Date of death 1996
Died Place Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality Cuba

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1914

Carlos Vidal Bolado (1914–1996), also known as "Vidal Bolado", was a Cuban conga drummer and an original member of Machito and his Afro-Cubans.

Vidal holds the double distinction of being the first to record authentic folkloric Cuban rumba and the first to play congas in Latin jazz (with Machito and his Afro-Cubans).

1930

In the 1930s Vidal began performing with the Afro-Cuban Ensemble of Santos Ramírez and with the Casino de la Playa orchestra in and Havana, Cuba.

1940

In the 1940s and 1950s, Carlos Vidal became one of a handful of Cuban congueros to emigrate to the United States and settled in New York.

Other notable congueros who came to the U.S. during that time include Mongo Santamaria, Armando Peraza, Chano Pozo, Francisco Aguabella, Julito Collazo and Cándido Camero.

1943

Vidal arrived in the U.S. in 1943, before any of the other previously mentioned musicians.

In 1943 he is first reported to have performed at the Havana-Madrid Club located on Broadway and 51st Street, with Lilón y Pablito in the group The Four Cuban Diamonds, as a tumbador, dancer and singer.

Thereafter he was asked by José Curbelo to play and record with his orchestra, which at that time included Puerto Rican artists Tito Puente and Tito Rodríguez, with whom he recorded songs considered among the first manifestations of mambo in New York.

1947

In 1947 Vidal recorded what are considered the first commercial recordings of rumbas, cumbias, guaguancós and abakuá in the album Afrocubano Rhythm 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Produced by Gabriel Oller for the Spanish Music Center (SMC) label the recordings featured Vidal, along with Chano Pozo, Arsenio Rodríguez as well as Miguelito Valdés, Kiki Rodríguez (brother of Arsenio), and Puerto Rican bongero José Mangual Sr.

1948

In 1948, Vidal led an unsuccessful revolt in Machito's Afro-Cubans.

However, he failed to convince anyone except Andino to leave the Machito orchestra for better-paying job in Los Angeles.

Vidal and Andino joined the Miguelito Valdés orchestra and traveled to Los Angeles, where Andino found that jobs were not all that plentiful.

After his tenure with Machito, in 1948 he joined Stan Kenton's Los Angeles based Progressive Jazz Orchestra with which he recorded anthological songs such as "Cuban Episode" as well as "Incident in Sound" where Vidal shines both in percussion and vocals.

His residency in Los Angeles lead him to play and record with musicians such as Dámaso Pérez Prado, Xavier Cugat, René Touzet, Chico O'Farrill, Anselmo Sacasas, Eartha Kitt, Nat King Cole, Shorty Rogers, Francisco Aguabella, The Four Freshmen, Harry Belafonte, Shorty Rogers, Tadd Dammeron's Big Ten, Miles Davis, Charlie "Bird" Parker, Fats Navarro, pianist Al Haig, and saxophonist Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Max Roach and Curly Russell.

1960

In the 1960s he recorded and performed with The Jazz Crusaders, the Estrada Brothers, Poncho Sánchez, Willie Bobo, Vince Guaraldi.

He also recorded the classics Yambú and Afroroots phonograms with lead musician Mongo Santamaría along with Armando Peraza, Modesto Durán, Luis Miranda, Francisco Aguabella.

With Les Baxter

With Nat King Cole

With The Jazz Crusaders

With Stan Kenton

With Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie

With Shorty Rogers