[1][3][4] Born Guillermo 'Memo' Acevedo in Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia,[5] he became as a young man a successful musician drumming for the pioneer Rock band 'The Flippers'(three years).
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, Tom Scott, Gregory Hines, Frankie Valli and performed in The Lion King musical.
[5] He has also worked with The Propellerheads, Hilton Ruiz, Jackie and Roy, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Louie Bellson, Cachao, Joe Cuba and Vikki Carr among many.
In 1996 he moved to New York City where he was a professor at New York University (14 years), Drummers Collective (16 years), held numerous Clinics, workshops and performed as a free-lance musician beside leading his 10 piece band, Manhattan Bridges Orchestra, aka MBO.