Eduardo Mateo

Eduardo Mateo
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.

Discography

• Mateo solo bien se lame (De la planta Argentina. 1972)
• Mateo solo bien se lame (De la planta KL 8317. 1972)
• Cuerpo y alma (Sondor 84332 y 44332, Cassette tapes and vinil disc 1984)
• La Máquina del Tiempo presenta a: Mateo / Mal tiempo sobre Alchemia (1er. viaje) (Ayuí / Tacuabé a/e69k. 1987)
• La Máquina del Tiempo / La mosca (Orfeo 91032-4 y 91032-1, Cassette tapes and vinil disc 1989)
• La Máquina del Tiempo / 3er. viaje, 1ª parte: Ida (1971 - 1984) (Ayuí / Tacuabé ae133cd. 1995)
• La Máquina del Tiempo / 3er. viaje, 2ª parte: Vuelta (1983 - 1988) (Ayuí / Tacuabé ae134cd. 1995)
• El Tartamudo (2000)

References

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Spanish Wikipedia.

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