Hugo Fattoruso
Hugo Fattoruso. Buenos Aires 1965.
Background information
Born	(1943-06-29) 29 June 1943 (age 80) Montevideo, Uruguay
Genres	Jazz Jazz fusion Candombe
Occupation(s)	Musician bandleader composer
Instrument(s)	Accordion Piano Double bass
Years active	1952–present

Hugo Fattoruso (born 29 June 1943 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist.[1] As well as developing a career as a soloist, he has participated and performed in many different genres: Trio Fattoruso (with his son Francisco and his brother Osvaldo), Hot Blowers, Los Shakers, Opa, Eduardo Mateo, etc. He has collaborated also with such renowned artists as : Airto Moreira, Abraham Laboriel, Manolo Badrena, Chico Buarque, Milton Nascimento, Ruben Rada, Djavan, etc.^[1]

Career

• 1952–1958: Trío Fattoruso
• 1959–1963: The Hot Blowers.
• 1964–1969: Los Shakers
• 1969–2005: Opa
• 2000–present: Trío Fattoruso
• 2003–present: Hugo Fattoruso and Rey Tambor
• 2004–present: Soloist
• 2007: With Yahiro Tomohiro created "Dos Orientales"

Discography

• Los Shakers:
  • "Los Shakers"
  • "Shakers for You"
  • "La Conferencia Secreta del Toto´s Bar"
  • "Por Favor"
  • "Break it All"
  • "Bonus Tracks"
• Hugo & Osvaldo Fattoruso "La Bossa Nova de Hugo y Osvaldo"
• Airto Moreira Fingers (CTI, 1972)
• 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")
• with Milton Nascimento:
  • "Planeta Blue Na Estrada do Sol"
  • "Milton"
  • "Angelus"
  • "Journey to Down"
  • "Tambores de Minas"
  • "Nascimento" (H.Fattoruso, arranger)
• Chico Buarque de Holanda "Morro Dois Irmaos"
• Ruben Rada "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"
• Lee Tomboulian & Circo "North/South Convergence" (arranger, producer)
• H. Fattoruso y Yahiro Tomohiro "Dos Orientales"
• Hugo Fattoruso "Café y Bar Ciencia Fictiona"
• Mio Matsuda "Flor Criolla"
• Mio Matsuda "Compas del Sur"
• Hugo Fattoruso Y Barrio Opa

Filmography

• El chevrolé (1999)
• Sueños y pesadillas (2011)
• Dos Orientales (2015)