Alex Acuña
Sign in to saveAlso known as Alex Acuna, Alejandro Neciosup Acuña, Alejandro N. Acuña, Alejandro Acuña
Peruvian musician
Film & TV
Known for
- Roy Orbison: Black and White Night 30 — Self2017
- Lee Ritenour : Overtime — Percussion2005
- Antonio Carlos Jobim: An All-Star Tribute — Self - Percussionist1995
- God Is Able - Ron Kenoly — Percussion1994
- Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night — Self - Percussion1988
- Momoko Kikuchi: First Live1985
- Weather Report: Live at Montreux — Drums1976
- Weather Report: Live in Berlin1975
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1944-12-12
contemporary jazzjazzjazz fusionlatin jazzsession
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,317
- Total plays
- 5,941
Tags
jazz fusionpercussionperuvianFusionAfro-Cuban Jazz
Alejandro Neciosup Acuña aka Alex Acuña (born December 12, 1944) is a Peruvian Afro-Cuban jazz drummer and percussionist. Born in Pativilca, Peru, Acuña played in local bands from the age of ten, and moved to Lima as a teenager. At the age of eighteen he joined the band of Perez Prado, and in 1967 he moved to Puerto Rico. In 1974 Acuña moved to Las Vegas, working with artists such as Elvis Presley and Diana Ross, and the following year he joined the jazz-fusion group Weather Report, appearing o
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Place of birth
- Pativilca
- Occupation
- conductor
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- timbales
- Official website
- www.alexacuna.net
- Image
- Fermatta Master Class Series Alex Acuña.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1944-12-12
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