El ritmo del candombe viajó con los esclavos negros desde África hasta las costas de Montevideo (Uruguay) hace más de 200 años, y sigue bullendo en las calles de la capital uruguaya. Un artista en particular, con profundos vínculos con el movimiento del candombe, es Hugo Fattoruso.

The candombe rhythm traveled with black slaves from Africa to the shores of Montevideo (Uruguay) over 200 years ago, and continues to boil in the streets of Uruguay’s capitol city. One artist in particular, with deep ties to the candombe movement is Hugo Fattoruso.

Under the musical direction of Hugo Fattoruso acoustic piano, voice

Candombe Percussionists
Fernando “Lobo” Núñez tambor piano
Walter “Nego” Haedo tambor piano
Jorge “Foqué” Gomez tambor chico
Noe Núñez tambor repique
Mariano Barroso tambor repique
Pablo “Piraña” Silva tambor repique
Washington Pintos tambor chico (track 6)
Gustavo Oviedo tambor piano (tracks 6, 7, 11)

Chorus
Mariana Garcia Vigil
Silvana Lombardini
Gabriela Gomez
Norma Galfetti
Inés Bergara
Urbano Moraes
Gustavo Montemurro
Carlos Quintana
César Martínez

In order of special appearance
Hugo Fattoruso lead vocal tracks 1, 5, 9
Ringo Thielmann electric bass track 2
Hugo Fattoruso accordion track 2
Mark Feldman violin track 4
Inés Bergara lead vocal track 6
Hugo Fattoruso keyboard tracks 6, 11
Felix Pastorius electric bass track 6
Urbano Moraes lead vocal track 7
Hugo Fattoruso acoustic guitar track 8
Washington Pintos lead vocal track 11
Aníbal Pintos acoustic piano track 11
Apolo “Popo” Romano electric bass track 11
Marcelo “Lolo” Iribarne voice track 11
Francisco Fattoruso electric guitar tracks 10, 13
Carlos Quintana electric guitar tracks 10, 13
Gustavo Montemurro electric guitar track 13

14. Apreparate
Dominguera del Sur (25 Candombe percussionists)

Tambor Piano
Fernando “Lobo” Núñez, Waldemar Alvarez, Gustavo “Pirata” Giménez, Juan Carlos Rodríguez, Dani Vanega, Mario “Balanza” Martínez, Walter “Nego” Haedo

Tambor Chico
Jorge “Foqué” Gomez, Héctor Gándara, Mario Acosta, Rubito Anselmo, Diego Rosmarino, Odair Tabárez, Leonardo Canavesse, Osvaldo Salas, Gabriel Fernandez, Diego “Piti” Tamburini, Eduardo “Chino” Pérez Martínez

Tambor Repique
Jose Luis “Bocha” Martínez, Noé Núñez, Jose Antonio Giménez, Paulo Martirena, Pablo “Piraña” Silva, Daniel Canavesse, Mariano Barroso



Neil Weiss executive producer

Produced by Hugo Fattoruso & Neil Weiss
Recorded by Luis Restuccia, assisted by Marco Martinez
Recorded at Teatro Sala Brunet, Montevideo, Uruguay
Mixed by Luis Restuccia & Hugo Fattoruso
Post production, mixed and mastered at Estudio Del Cordon, Montevideo, Uruguay
Tracking, violin track 3, K Studios, Carlos Pereira, New York City
Tracking, bass track 6, DNP Studio, Ft Lauderdale, Florida
Photography Mario Schettini
Graphic design Neil Weiss


Estampa Negra composed by Pedro Ferreira
Tus Abrazos composed by Jorge Galemire
Upa Nega composed by Rubén Rada
Tonos Negros/Madera y Lonja composed by Hugo Fattoruso
Tamboril de mi Ciudad composed by Pedro Ferreira
I Can Dig It Baby composed by Willie Hale, Betty Wright, Willie Clarke
Sones de la Amistad composed by Urbano Moraes
La Mama Vieja composed by Eduardo Mateo
Mi Sangre ta Alborota composed by Pedro Ferreira
Va Pensando composed by Jorge Galemire, Luis Campos
Para Candombear composed by Aníbal Pintos, Washington Pintos
Azotea composed by Hugo Fattoruso
You Won’t See Me composed by Lennon, McCartney
Apreparate composed by Ruben Rada

All arrangements by Hugo Fattoruso, except track 11 arranged by Washington Pintos & Aníbal Pintos

All titles registered with AGADU (Asociación General de Autores del Uruguay) except track 6. I Can Dig It Baby, and track 13. You Won’t See Me

WEBSITE: CANDOMBE.COM

Dedicated to Pedro Ferreira