Eduardo Parra
Encyclopedia
Eduardo Parra (July 24, 1943, Los Andes, Chile
) is a member of the Chilean rock
fusion
band Los Jaivas
. He is the oldest of the Parra brothers (plus Claudio and Gabriel). Eduardo plays the keyboards and some percussion instruments.
Los Andes, Chile
Los Andes, founded in July 31, 1791 as Santa Rosa de Los Andes, is a Chilean city and commune located in the province of the same name, in Valparaíso Region...
) is a member of the Chilean rock
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
band Los Jaivas
Los Jaivas
Los Jaivas are a Chilean musical group who perform in folk, rock, and progressive rock styles.-History:Los Jaivas appeared in Chilean music in 1963 as a progressive-rock-andino group, mixing rock with South American ancestral music...
. He is the oldest of the Parra brothers (plus Claudio and Gabriel). Eduardo plays the keyboards and some percussion instruments.
Poetry
He wrote several poetry books, including:- La Puerta Giratoria.Ediciones Rivera Scott. 1968
- Pequeño contratiempo justo a final de siglo. Ediciones Rumbos. 1996
- Cuentos de Paciencia-Ficción. Editorial Efímera. 1987
- Ruego por ti, Valparáiso. Editorial Contemporánea S.A.
- La isla de la dulzura. Ediciones Los Jaivas. Sony BMG.