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Armando Peraza
percussionist
Havana, Cuba • 1924-05-30 – 2014-04-14
Armando Peraza is credited on 1,542 releases across 210 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,542
Pressings credited
210
Albums
8
Decades active
346
In collections
Biography
Armando Peraza (May 30, 1924 – April 14, 2014) was a Cuban Latin jazz percussionist and a member of the rock band Santana. Peraza played congas, bongos, and timbales.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
1,542 releases · 210 albums · active 1953–2025
- Performance · 3,828
- Other credits · 85
- Production · 4
Studios: The Automatt · The Plant Studios · Western Recorders · Russian Hill Recording
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Caravanserai
1972
Street Songs
1981
Love Devotion Surrender
1973
Amigos
1976
Inner Secrets
1978
The Healer
1989
Marathon
1979
Borboletta
1974
Welcome
1973
Eternity
1976
Zebop!
1981
Lotus
1974
Illuminations
1974
Ultimate Santana
2007
Shangó
1982
Oneness (Silver Dreams~Golden Reality)
1979
Brujo
1974
Freedom
1987
Electric Guitarist
1978
Soul Sauce
1965
Beauty And The Beat! (Recorded Live At The National Disc Jockey Convention In Miami, Florida)
1959
Beyond Appearances
1985
The Swing Of Delight
1980
Tropico
1978
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