Eduardo Mateo Musical artist

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 way similar to 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.

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Eduardo Mateo
Birth dateSeptember 10, 1940
Birth place
Montevideo
Date of deathMay 16, 1990

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Musical artist

Career started1960
Career ended1990
associated musical artist
Rubén Rada
Jaime Roos
Osvaldo Fattoruso
Fernando Cabrera
Mariana Ingold
Hugo Fattoruso
Jorge Trasante
Alberto Wolf
Diane Denoir
Estela Magnone
Horacio Buscaglia
Urbano Moraes
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Rock music
World music
Jorge Galemire
Candombe
instrument
Guitar
Percussion instrument
Conga
Human voice

Topical connections

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