Alex Acuña
Sign in to saveAlso known as Alex Acuna, Alejandro Neciosup Acuña, Alejandro N. Acuña, Alejandro Acuña
Peruvian musician
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1944-12-12
Discography
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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
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- 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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