| Eduardo Mateo | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Birth Name: | Ángel Eduardo Mateo López |
| Birth Date: | 19 September 1940 |
| Birth Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Death Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Genre: | Rock, Candombe, world music |
| Occupation: | Singer, composer, arranger, musician |
| Instrument: | Voice, guitar, percussion |
| Years Active: | 1960-1990 |
| Associated Acts: | Horacio Buscaglia, Fernando Cabrera, Diane Denoir, Estela Magnone, Urbano Moraes, Jorge Trasante, Alberto Wolf, Hugo Fattoruso, Osvaldo Fattoruso, Mariana Ingold, Ruben Rada, Jaime Roos |
Ángel Eduardo Mateo López (September 19, 1940 – May 16, 1990) was a highly influential Uruguayan singer, songwriter, guitarist, and arranger. He played an important role in the development of modern Uruguayan music that combines beat, jazz, bossa nova and local rhythms like candombe in a way similar to Brazilian Tropicalismo. Academy Award-winner Jorge Drexler cited Mateo as a big influence.[1]
His songs have been recorded by various artists, including Pedro Aznar, Martin Buscaglia, Hugo Fattoruso, Fernando Cabrera, Leon Gieco, Mio Matsuda, Sandra Mihanovich, Milton Nascimento, Jaime Roos, and Yahiro Tomohiro.[2]