Eduardo Mateo

Eduardo Mateo
Eduardo Mateo in the Estudio ION. In Buenos Aires, 1971.
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
Occupation(s)	composer, arranger, Singer,
Instruments	Voice, Guitar, Congas, percussion
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 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, Fernando Cabrera, Martin Buscaglia etc. have covered his songs.