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Hugo Blanco

real name Hugo César Blanco Manzo

Caracas, Venezuela · 1940-09-25 – 2015-06-14

Hugo Blanco is credited on 1,004 releases across 260 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1958–2018 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,004

Credits

260

Albums

7

Decades active

12

In collections

Biography

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Venezuelan musician, arranger, producer and composer of internationally renown, often appears as "Hugo Blanco Y Su Arpa Viajera" (born September 25, 1940, Caracas, Venezuela - June, 14, 2015, Caracas, Venezuela), he created the style "orquídea" (performing arpa on danceable music), -- brother, nephew of José Manzo.

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Credited work

1,004 releases · 260 albums · active 1958–2018

  • Performance · 1,477
  • Other credits · 149
  • Production · 136
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: Estudios Fidelis · Cornet Studio · Grabaciones HB · Caribbean Sound Studios

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • Hugo Blanco Y Su Conjunto
  • Hugo Blanco Y Su Arpa Viajera
  • Joselo (2)
  • Simon Diaz
  • Las Cuatro Monedas
  • Mike Laure
  • Simón Díaz

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