for those who want to hear some latin jazz,fron the 70's of Uruguay, Search for OPA (golden wings 1976) and (magic time 1977) .
Opa (band)
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This article is about Uruguayan band.
Background information
Origin United States Uruguay
Genres Latin rock
Jazz fusion
Candombe rock
Candombe Jazz
Years active 1969–1977
Members
Hugo Fattoruso
Osvaldo Fattoruso
Ringo Thielman
Ruben Rada
Opa were an American jazz fusion band made up of Uruguayan members. They started in the 1970s, and released two albums in the US: Goldenwings (Milestone Records M-9069, 1976) and Magic Time (Milestone Records M-9078, 1977). Both were produced by Brazilian musician and composer Airto Moreira.
The band consisted of Hugo Fattoruso, George Fattoruso and Hugo "Ringo" Thielmann, plus guest artists Hermeto Pascoal, David Amaro, Barry Finnerty, Flora Purim, Ruben Rada, Gary Gazaway, Jose Pedro Beledo, etc. Opa had played on previous albums by Airto Moreira[1], like Fingers (CTI Records CTL 18 ), released in 1973, and Deodato/Airto in concert (CTI Records CTI 6041), released in 1974.
Discography
Back home (1975)
Goldenwings ( Milestone Records M-9069, 1976)
Magic Time ( Milestone Records M-9078, 1977)
A Los Shakers Otroshakers (Sazam Records 14587-3, 1981)
Opa en vivo (Orfeo label 90916-4, 1988)
Opa en vivo 87' & rarities (2001)
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