![]() This is very very exciting, people.įernando has in the past played with almost everybody, from Danilo Perez and Dave Weckl to Randy Brecker and Luciana Souza. In the capital they mostly play tango, but in Cordoba and the north where Fernando and Franco are from, they play this very exciting rhythm, Chacarera, which is based on a 6/8 pattern, and comes from Flamenco. ![]() The title is, according to some folks I know from over there, about not being from the capital, Buenos Aires. This really grooving quintet did a killer record for Sunnyside Records last year under Fernando's name, called Provinciano". This brings us a perfect move to Fernando's own band, Jazz Argentino, with Franco, tenorist Andrew Rathbun, pianist Mika Pohjola and Russian flutist Yulia Musyelyan, who has a great classical kind of sound, but improvises like a horn. Miguel Zenon, Bill McHenry, Chris Cheek and Jeff Ballard, but the backbone of that band is definitely in the bass! With Marta Gomez, who sings beautifully and writes Colombian folky tunes are lyrics about deep human subjects, Fernando is almost invisible, that's how well we blends in with his bandmates, especially Franco Pinna, who is the drummer version of Fernando, also from Argentina. There are many more famous people in the band. In Guillermo Klein's Los Guachos big band he maybe at times the only reliable player who doesn't get lost in the form or beat. But in this music it is a must, and that's Fernando's engine and makes him groove like nobody. And most of all, Fernando has great sense of time, which is handy for any bass player. What makes this bass player really interesting is the new wave of grooves he has introduced in the scene: An Argentine Chacarera and Tango sound played on the bass! This guy uses slap, sort of like Marcus Miller, but accenting the off-beats completely the opposite from Marcus. Fernando was born in northern Argentina, and moved to Boston in the early 90's, where he's lived since then, although he often does gigs in the New york area. He is often on the bandstand with Marta Gomez, Guillermo Klein and his own band, Jazz Argentino. Fernando Huergo is an acclaimed pioneer in the Latin jazz realm.
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