Born inwards Pativilca, Peru, Acuña played inwards local bands from the historic menstruation of ten, as well as moved to Lima every bit a teenager. At the historic menstruation of xviii he joined the band of Perez Prado, as well as inwards 1966 he moved to San Juan Puerto Rico. In 1974 Acuña moved to Las Vegas, working with artists such every bit Elvis Presley as well as Diana Ross, as well as the next twelvemonth he joined the jazz-fusion grouping Weather Report, appearing on the albums Black Market as well as Heavy Weather. Acuña left Weather Report inwards 1978, as well as became a session instrumentalist inwards California, recording as well as playing alive with (amongst many others) Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Presley, Chick Corea, Whitney Houston, Plácido Domingo, sometime Weather Report bandmates Wayne Shorter as well as Joe Zawinul, Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Beck, Roberta Flack, U2, Al Jarreau Marcos Witt. He tin hold out flora on recordings yesteryear musicians every bit culturally Lee Ritenour, Johnny Clegg, Roy Orbison, YellowJackets, Lalo Schiffrin, Milton Nascimento, Don Grusin, Dave Grusin, The Brecker Brothers, Arturo sandoval, Paquito d' Rivera, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Brad Melhdau, Paco de Lucia, John Patitucci, Sadao Watanabe, Lyle Mays, Diana Ross, Sergio Mendez, Robbie Robertson, Jackson Browne Beth Midler, Christina Aguilrera, Seal, Chris Botti.
In the 1980s Acuña too recorded as well as toured with the Christian jazz band Koinonia, which featured session musicians Abraham Laboriel, Justo Almario, Hadley Hockensmith, Harlan Rogers, as well as Bill Maxwell. The Winans, Andrae Crouch, Madona, He played on Willy DeVille's Crow Jane Alley album as well as inwards 1987 he teamed upward with Elvis Presley's TCB Band for the Roy Orbison TV exceptional "A Black as well as White Night". He played percussion on Blondie's reveal i hitting "The Tide Is High", Also recorded to a greater extent than than 300 movies nether the direction of lalo Shiffrin, Dave Grusin, Michelle Legrand, Bill Conti, James Horner, James Newton Howard, John Williams, Alan Silvestri, Michael Giachinno, Christopher Beck, Murice Jarre, Steve Jablonski, John Powell, Heitor Pereira. In 1987, Acuña was summoned dorsum to Perú yesteryear producer Ricardo Ghibellini to cast business office of "Los Hijos del Sol", a supergroup of peruvian prodigies designed to promote peruvian music worldwide.
He has too worked every bit an educator at University of California, Los Angeles as well as Berklee College of Music.LAMA, Musicians Institute, USC, CSUN.
Alex Acuna & The Unknowns are i of the greatest fusion groups that nobody has heard of! Alex Acuna ( drummer for the famous Weather Report ) as well as the world cast session drummer is good known exactly his locomote with the "Unknowns" remains unknown to the vast bulk of the jazz fusion listening public!
Great writing as well as musicianship - yous gotta' hither this album - as well as don't forget to banking concern gibe out the groups other unloosen "No Accent" - absolutely approximately of the best jazz fusion!!! - David Arivett CJA Network
Tracks:
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01. Te Amo 3:52
02. Joe's Red Eye 3:48
03. Marionettes 4:43
04. Hoppin' It 5:31
05. Nice 4:06
06. Cocho San 4:16
07. Van Nuys Jam 2:56
08. Think Of You (Pensando En Ti) 5:05
09. Psalms 5:58
10. Ten O'Clock Groove 3:55
Personnel:
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Alex Acuna - drums, percussions, vocals
Carlos Santana - guitar
Abraham Laboriel - bass
Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
Luis Conte - percussion
Brandon Fields - sax
Lou Pardini - vocal, piano
John Pena - bass
Michito Sanchez - percussion
Rudi Delgado - percussion
Efrain Toro - drums, percussions, programming
Otmaro Ruiz - keyboards, vocals
Pedro Eustache - flute, air current synthesizer
Ramon Stagnard - guitars
Cocho Abre - keyboards
Diana Acuna - vocals
Danilo Lozano - flute
Tiki - background vocals
Dante Young - background vocals
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