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Giovanni Hidalgo
Giovanni Hidalgo is credited on 339 releases across 114 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1980–2020 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
339
Pressings credited
114
Albums
5
Decades active
126
In collections
Biography
Giovanni Hidalgo, also known as "Mañenguito" (born November 22, 1963, in San Juan, Puerto Rico), is a Grammy Award-winning Latin jazz percussionist, widely regarded as one of the greatest conga players in the world. Renowned for his virtuosic speed, precision, and innovation, he revolutionized hand drumming by blending Afro-Caribbean rhythms with jazz, funk, and other global influences. Hidalgo gained international prominence in the 1980s through collaborations with artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Palmieri, and Mickey Hart. He was a core member of Gillespie’s United Nations Orchestra and co-winner of the Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album in 1992 for *Planet Drum* alongside Mickey Hart and other percussion legends. A dedicated educator, Hidalgo served as a professor at Berklee College of Music and has mentored generations of percussionists around the world. Despite health challenges in recent years, he continues to perform, record, and tour internationally, including recent trio work and upcoming performances across the United States and Europe.
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Credited work
339 releases · 114 albums · active 1980–2020
- Performance · 579
- Other credits · 168
- Production · 7
Studios: Clinton Recording Studio · Ochoa Recording Studios · 4.40 Estudio, New York · Midilab Grabaciones
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Hilton Ruiz
- Airto Moreira
- Eddie Palmieri
- Flora Purim
- Kip Hanrahan
- Paul Simon
- Airto
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