Fernando Huergo – electric bassist (b. 1968, Córdoba, Argentina)
has resided in Boston, Massachusetts since the 1990s. During his career, he has been featured on hundreds of albums, including more than a dozen as a leader.
As a developer of the Argentinian chacarera into the jazz tradition, Huergo has recorded several highly original albums on which he acts as composer, bandleader and bassist: Jazz Argentino, Live at Regattabar, Provinciano, and others. His bands have featured saxophonists Chris Cheek and Andrew Rathbun, flutist Yulia Musayelyan, pianist Mika Pohjola and drummers Jeff Ballard and Franco Pinna.
Huergo's other collaborators include Brazilians; pop-star Gilberto Gil, Grammy nominated vocalist Luciana Souza, and vocal legend Elis Regina's long-time pianist and arranger Cesar Camargo Mariano. He has worked with Argentinian chacarera great Raul Carnota, Chayanne and Sandra Mihanovich; guitarists Kurt Rosenwinkel and Ben Monder, saxophonists Mark Turner, David Sánchez and Miguel Zenon, drummers Paulo Braga, Portinho, Antonio Sanchez, Dave Weckl, Dafnis Prieto and Jorge Rossi. Additionally, he has performed with Guillermo Klein, Marta Gómez, Danilo Perez, Hendrick Meurkens, Dave Liebman, Dave Samuels, Joe Beck, Tom Harrell,...
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