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Rudy Calzado
real name Pedro Manuel "Rudy" Calzado
Rudy Calzado is credited on 601 releases across 153 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
601
Credits
153
Albums
8
Decades active
20
In collections
Biography
Cuban jazz percussionist, vocalist, arranger and composer. Brother of Luis M. Calzado and Sergio Calzado
(November 27, 1929, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba - May 11, 2002, New York City, New York)
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
601 releases · 153 albums · active 1953–2025
- Performance · 841
- Other credits · 39
- Production · 2
- Engineering · 1
Studios: Broadway Recording Studios · Record Plant, Los Angeles · Westlake Studios · La Tierra Sound Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Montara
1975
The Story Of Blue Note Records
2019
Watermelon Man!
1963
Latin Jazz (Latino Heat Meets New York Cool)
1995
Afro-Cuba (The Jazz Roots Of Cuban Rhythm)
1995
El Party Con... La Crema
1973
Superimposition
1970
The King Tito Puente / El Rey Tito Puente
1969
Manteca!
1965
El Gigante Del Teclado
1973
In The Heart Of Spanish Harlem / En El Corazón De Harlem Español
1967
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Celia Cruz
- Eddie Palmieri
- Tito Puente
- Orchestra Harlow
- Sonora Ponceña
- Pacheco Y Su Charanga
- Louie Ramirez
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