Hugo Fattoruso was born in Montevideo

Montevideo

Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

, Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

 in 1943. Fattoruso is a composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist.http://www.rollingstone.com.ar/1376767-mas-memorias-de-hugo-fattoruso-parte-1
As well as developing a career as a soloist, he has participated and performed in many different genres: Trio Fattoruso, Hot Blowers, Los Shakers

Los Shakers

Los Shakers were a popular rock band in 1960s and was a part of the Uruguayan Invasion in Latin America. The band was formed in 1963 in Montevideo, Uruguay. They were modeled after The Beatles and even adopted similar haircuts and clothing, as can be seen in their record cover. The band sang many...

, Opa

OPA

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, Eduardo Mateo

Eduardo Mateo

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, etc. He has collaborated also with such renounned artists as : Airto Moreira

Airto Moreira

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, Abraham Laboriel

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, Manolo Badrena

Manolo Badrena

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, Chico Buarque

Chico Buarque

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, Milton Nascimento

Milton Nascimento

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, Ruben Rada

Rubén Rada

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, Djavan

Djavan

Djavan is a Brazilian singer/songwriter, Djavan combines traditional Brazilian rhythms with popular music drawn from the Americas, Europe and Africa. He can arguably be categorized in any of the following musical genres: Música Popular Brasileira , samba, or Latin dance...

, etc.

Career

• 1952-1958: Trío Fattoruso
• 1959-1963: The Hot Blowers.
• 1964-1969: Los Shakers
  Los Shakers
  Los Shakers were a popular rock band in 1960s and was a part of the Uruguayan Invasion in Latin America. The band was formed in 1963 in Montevideo, Uruguay. They were modeled after The Beatles and even adopted similar haircuts and clothing, as can be seen in their record cover. The band sang many...
  
  
• 1969-2005: Opa
• 2000–present: Trío Fattoruso
• 2003–present: Hugo Fattoruso and Rey Tambor
• 2004–present: Soloist
• 2007: With Yahiro Tomohiro created "Dos Orientales"

Discograpgy

Los Shakers "Los Shakers"

Los Shakers "Shakers for You"

Los Shakers "La Conferencia Secreta del Toto´s Bar"

Los Shakers "Por Favor"

Los Shakers "Break it All"

Los Shakers "Bonus Tracks"

Hugo y Osvaldo Fattoruso  "La Bossa Nova de Hugo y Osvaldo"

Airto Moreira "Fingers"

Eumir Deodato & Airto Moreira (live) "In Concert"

Opa Goldenwings

Opa Magic Time

Airto "I’m Fine How Are You"

Manolo Badrena "Manolo"

Opa "En Vivo y Rarities" (re-edition, CD of LP "Opa En Vivo")

Opa "Back Home"

Otroshakers "A Los Shakers"

Barcarola - 1981 - "Barcarola"

La Escuelita "Ahora Sí"

Jaime Roos "Mediocampo"

Los Pusilánimes "Qué Suerte" (cassette only)

Hugo Fattoruso "Oriental"

Hugo Fattoruso y Jorge Graf "Momentos"

Grupo del Cuareim "Candombe"

Hugo Fattoruso "O Último Blues"

Hugo Fattoruso "Ciencia Fictiona"

Hugo Fattoruso "Varios Nombres"

Hugo Fattoruso "Homework"

Rey Tambor "Palo y Mano"

Trío Fattoruso "En Vivo en Medio y Medio"

Trío Fattoruso "Trío Fattoruso"

Candombe en New York "Alma y Vida"

Ricardo Nolé -H.Fattoruso "Dos Álbumes de Música Uruguaya" ( CD's edition of you first soloist LP "Varios Nombres")

Milton Nascimento

Milton Nascimento

-Biography:Nascimento's mother was the maid Maria Nascimento. As a baby, Milton Nascimento was adopted by his mother's former employers: the couple Josino Brito Campos, a banker employee, mathematics teacher and electronic technician; and Lília Silva Campos, a music teacher and choir singer...

  "Planeta Blue Na Estrada do Sol"

Milton Nascimento "Milton"

Milton Nascimento "Angelus"

Milton Nascimento "Journey to Down"

Milton Nascimento "Tambores de Minas"

Milton Nascimento "Nascimento" (H.Fattoruso, arranjer)

Chico Buarque

Chico Buarque

Francisco Buarque de Hollanda , popularly known as Chico Buarque , is a singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet...

 de Holanda "Morro Dois Irmaos"

Ruben Rada

Rubén Rada

Rubén Rada is an Afro-Uruguayan percussionist, composer and singer. He is closely associated with Candombe, an Afro–Uruguayan rhythmic style music, which is based on the sound of three types of drums: ´chico´, ‘repique’ and ‘piano’...

"Montevideo"

Ruben Rada "Montevideo 2"

Ruben Rada -H.Fattoruso "Las Aventuras de Fatto-Rada"

Djavan "Meu Lado"

Takamasa Segi "Forest Rain"

Takamasa Segi "Silencio"

María de Fátima "Bahía com H"

Rey Tambor "Emotivo"

H. Fattoruso y Yahiro Tomohiro "Dos Orientales"

Rey Tambor "Puro sentimiento"

Hugo Fattoruso "Café y Bar Ciencia Fictiona"

Mio Matsuda "Flor Criolla"

Mio Matsuda "Compas del Sur"

External links

• " Rey Tambor "
• "Hugo Fattoruso" en Candombe.com
• "Trio Fattoruso"
• Osvaldo Fattoruso, Duelo de Tambores.