Oscar López Ruiz
{{Short description|Argentinian guitarist, composer, arranger, and record producer (1938–2021)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|3|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = La Plata, Argentina
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|12|24|1938|3|21|df=y}}
| death_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Oscar López Ruiz (21 March 1938 – 24 December 2021){{Cite web |date=2021-12-24 |title=Murió Oscar López Ruiz, un guitarrista emblemático de la música argentina |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/musica/murio-oscar-lopez-ruiz-un-guitarrista-emblematico-de-la-musica-argentina-nid24122021/ |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=LA NACION |language=es}} was an Argentine guitarist, composer, arranger and record producer.
Life and career
Born in La Plata, López Ruiz studied guitar with Antonio Sinópoli and León Vicente Gascónade, making his official professional debut in 1954, playing electric guitar in the Tony-Armand Orchestra.{{cite news |last1=Giordano |first1=Santiago |title=Oscar López Ruiz, guitarrista emblema del jazz argentino, murió a los 83 años |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/391605-oscar-lopez-ruiz-guitarrista-emblema-del-jazz-argentino-muri |access-date=6 January 2022 |work=Página 12|date=24 December 2021}} After having been part of the ensemble Los Cinco Latinos, in 1961 he joined the Astor Piazzolla ensemble Quinteto Nuevo Tango (in which he replaced Horacio Malvicino), and later was part of other Piazzolla's ensembles such as Conjunto 9 and the Octeto Astor Piazzolla.{{cite news |title=Murió Oscar López Ruiz, un guitarrista emblemático de la música argentina |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/musica/murio-oscar-lopez-ruiz-un-guitarrista-emblematico-de-la-musica-argentina-nid24122021/ |access-date=6 January 2022 |work=La Nación |date=24 December 2021 |language=es}} He was partnered for 54 years of the singer Donna Caroll, with whom he often collaborated on stage and in recordings. His collaborations also include Gato Barbieri, Oscar Alemán, Dino Saluzzi, Eladia Blázquez, Lalo Schifrin, Leopoldo Federico, Sergio Mihanovich.
López Ruiz composed several soundtracks for films, plays and revues, and between 1967 and 1969 was director of the jazz label Trova, with whom he produced albums of Piazzolla, Mono Villegas and Horacio Ferrer, among others. He died at the age of 83 of sepsis. His brother Jorge López Ruiz was a double bass player, a composer and an arranger.
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Category:Argentine jazz guitarists
Category:Argentine music arrangers
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