| Eduardo Mateo | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Angel Eduardo Mateo Lopez |
| Born | September 10, 1940 Uruguay , Montevideo |
| Died | Uruguay May 16, 1990 |
| Genres | Rock, Candombe , Candombe Beat , World Music |
| Occupations | composer, arranger, Singer, |
| Instruments | Voice, Guitar, Congas, percusion |
| Years active | 1960-1990 |
| Associated acts | Horacio Buscaglia, Diane Denoir, Ruben Rada, Urbano Moraes, Jorge Trasante, Hugo Fattoruso, Osvaldo Fattoruso, Jaime Roos, Estela Magnone, Mariana Ingold, Fernando Cabrera, Alberto Wolf |
Eduardo Mateo (1940–1990) was a Uruguayan singer, songwriter, guitarist and arranger. He played a key role in the development of the modern Uruguayan music mixing beat, jazz, bossa nova and local rhythms like candombe, in a similar way than Brazilian Tropicalismo. Musicians like Academy Award winner Jorge Drexler cited Mateo as a big influence. Artists like Fattoruso Trio, Jaime Roos, Sandra Mihanovich, Pedro Aznar, Milton Nascimento , Leon Gieco, Mio Matsuda, Tomohiro Yahiro, etc have covered his songs.