Memo Acevedo
Memo Acevedo is a drummer from Colombia who performs Latin/Brazilian jazz. Career Born Guillermo 'Memo' Acevedo in Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia, he became as a young man a successful musician drumming for the pioneer Rock band 'The Flippers'(three years). Wanting to pursue further horizons he moved to Madrid, Spain where he lived for three years recording Blues/Rock and Pop with bands such as The Pekenikes(Spain);. Mexico became Acevedo's new playground for two years. By the mid-1970s, he moved to Toronto where we would remain for approximately two decades. Starting in 1977 and continuing for almost twenty years, Acevedo led the Latin Jazz/Salsa band 'Banda Brava'. During this period, he also led Memo Acevedo and the Jazz Cartel. In 1986 joined the Humber College Percussion Faculty where he Founded and directed the first (in Canada) Cuban-Brazilian Jazz Ensemble, and taught private lessons on drum set & percussion for 10 years. Acevedo is included in the Canadian 'Who's Who'. Most of Acevedo's recordings have been as a sideman. The exception is his self-produced 1993 album Building Bridges (Concord, 1993) which included guest performances by Tito Puente, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Dave Valentin. He has worked with Bruce Cockburn, Irakere, Mark Murphy, Stephen Stills,