Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on August 2011

Though not as well known as figures like Sergio Mendes or João Gilberto and his daughter Bebel, keyboard phenom and multi-instrumentalist Hugo Fattoruso personifies the journey of Latin jazz to the English-speaking world. Born in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo, Fattoruso’s unique legacy is to have brought the complex Afro-Uruguayan rhythms of candombe to New York City in the 1960s. A veteran of sessions with everyone from Ron Carter to Milton Nascimento, he will perform in Tokyo with Latin percussion trio Rey Tambor.

Cervantes Institute of Tokyo, Aug 31 (listing).