Osvaldo López

Argentinian drummer from the 60s-70s.
Osvaldo Adrián López (b. ca. 1945 - deceased), was a prominent Argentine musician, drummer, who in the 1960s and 1970s was a member of the precursor bands of the so-called "national rock" in Argentina and the fusion groups of the jazz, with rock and tango. In 1966 he formed Los "In", with Amadeo Álvarez (vocals), Francis Smith (guitar) and Freddy Meijboom (bass), a band that performed rock in English that achieved considerable dissemination. There are several videos from the time with their performances in alive. In 1970 he was summoned by Carlos Bisso to join Carlos Bisso y su Conexión Nº 5. Between 1970 and 1974 he also joined the historic group Sanata y Clarificación de Rodolfo Alchourron, precursor of the rock-jazz-tango fusion, recording the group's two albums. In 1973 he was invited by the jazz pianist Enrique ''Mono'' Villegas to accompany him at his 60th birthday recital held at the General San Martín Municipal Theater in Buenos Aires, from which an album also emerged. At that time he joined a trio with Mono Villegas and Oscar Alem on double bass, which according to Sergio Pujol:...it was a magical society from which some surprise could always be expected. In 1974 he joined the group Cuero, in its second formation, led by Nacho Smilari, along with Adalberto Cevasco (bass), Bernardo Baraj (saxes), Raúl Parentella (piano) and Joe Coco (percussion), recording that year the album Crecimiento. In 1977, after the separation of Invisible, Luis Alberto Spinetta summoned him to record the album"A 18' Del Sol", which gave rise to the so-called Banda Spinetta. In the 1980s and 1990s he dedicated himself to teaching drummer at his academy, being a teacher of drummers like Hernán Aramberri (Los Redonditos de Ricota).6