José Carbajal (Uruguayan musician)
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José María Carbajal Pruzzo (Juan Lacaze
, Colonia
, 8 December 1943 – Villa Argentina
, Canelones
, 21 October 2010), known as El Sabalero was an Uruguay
an singer, composer
and guitarist
.
and started to act in folk clubs singing his compositions. That year he has the opportunity to release, for the Orfeo label his first phonogram, in which featured guitar with Roberto Cabrera.
This disc integrated by four chamarrita
s went virtually unnoticed, and two years later in 1969 he recorded his first LP album
called "Canto Popular".
Foreword by the poet Idea Vilariño, and with instrumental support of Yamandú Palacios and Roberto Cabrera, this disc had a remarkable success in Uruguay and Latin America. On it, it is included some of the most emblematic songs of this artist, like "Chiquillada", "La sencillita" y "A mi gente".
and Jorge Cafrune
.
Between 1970 and 1973 he lived in Buenos Aires
, and then the Uruguayan dictatorship
made him emigrate, passing for countries like México
, France
and Spain
. There he was expelled by the franquism, and later he was definitely established in Holland.
Juan Lacaze
Juan Lacaze, or Juan L. Lacaze, is a city located in southwestern Uruguay, within the Colonia Department. Its status was elevated to "City" category on 8 May 1953 by decree Ley No. 11.934.- Geography :...
, Colonia
Colonia Department
Colonia is a departamento in southwestern Uruguay. Its capital is Colonia del Sacramento, the country's second oldest city.-Economy:The region is the main producer of dairy products in Uruguay...
, 8 December 1943 – Villa Argentina
Villa Argentina
Villa Argentina is a resort of the Costa de Oro in the Canelones Department of southern Uruguay. It is located on both sides of the Ruta Interbalnearia, about from the border of Montevideo Department. It shares borders with Atlántida to the east...
, Canelones
Canelones Department
The Canelones Department , with an area of and 485,240 inhabitants, is located to the south of Uruguay. Its capital is Canelones.-Geography and climate:...
, 21 October 2010), known as El Sabalero was an Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
an singer, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
.
Childhood
He made his primary school in the Industrial School of Don Bosco in Puerto Sauce and one year of the high school in the public lyceum. He abandoned because he started to work as worker in textile factories settled in his hometown. But he completed his studies in a free nocturnal lyceum organized by him and other workers.Artistic beginnings
In 1967 he migrated to MontevideoMontevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
and started to act in folk clubs singing his compositions. That year he has the opportunity to release, for the Orfeo label his first phonogram, in which featured guitar with Roberto Cabrera.
This disc integrated by four chamarrita
Chamarrita
Chamarrita can refer to two different types of music and dance, one from the Azores in Portugal and one from the Rio de la Plata littoral region in northern Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil.-Azorean Chamarrita:...
s went virtually unnoticed, and two years later in 1969 he recorded his first LP album
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
called "Canto Popular".
Foreword by the poet Idea Vilariño, and with instrumental support of Yamandú Palacios and Roberto Cabrera, this disc had a remarkable success in Uruguay and Latin America. On it, it is included some of the most emblematic songs of this artist, like "Chiquillada", "La sencillita" y "A mi gente".
Exile
In the 1970s he reached fame in all Latin América through the song Chiquillada, that was also performed by Leonardo FavioLeonardo Favio
Leonardo Favio is an Argentine singer, actor, film director and screenwriter...
and Jorge Cafrune
Jorge Cafrune
Jorge Antonio Cafrune was one of the most popular Argentinian folklorist singers of his time, as well as an unflagging investigator, compilator, and diffuser of the native culture.- His life:...
.
Between 1970 and 1973 he lived in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, and then the Uruguayan dictatorship
Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay (1973-1985)
The Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay lasted from June 27, 1973 following the 1973 coup d'état until February 28, 1985.This dictatorship was the corollary of an escalation of violence and authoritarism in a traditionally peaceful country, and should be analyzed in the light of the Cold War...
made him emigrate, passing for countries like México
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. There he was expelled by the franquism, and later he was definitely established in Holland.
Latest years
He came back to Uruguay in 1984 but in 1992 he settled again in Holland, although he kept a music band in Montevideo.Death
In the dawn of 21 October 2010 he died in his house of Villa Argentina (Canelones Department) of a cardiac arrest.Long Plays
- Canto popular (Orfeo ULP 90518. 1969)
- Bien de pueblo (Orfeo ULP 90536. 1969)
- Canto popular (Ed. ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
with different songs of the one of 1969. Odeón LDB-198. 1970) - Chiquillada (Emi. Argentina. 1970)
- Octubre (Orfeo ULP 90545. 1970)
- Abre tu puerta vecino y saca al camino tu vino y tu pan (CBSCBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
Columbia 9120. Argentina. 1972) - Pelusa (Microfón I-401. Argentina. 1973)
- Volveremos (KKLA. France. 1975)
- Colmeneras (KKLA. Holland. 1978)
- La flota (Sondor 44318. 1983)
- La muerte (Orfeo SULP 90743. 1984)
- Angelitos (Orfeo SCO 90767. 1984)
- Angelitos vol. II (Orfeo SULP 90768. 1985)
- Entre putas y ladrones (letras de Higinio Mena. Orfeo 91070-4. 1990)
- Viento en popa (Orfeo 91209-4. 1993)
- La casa encantada (Orfeo CDO 053-2. 1995)
- Cuentamusa (Orfeo CDO 097-2. 1995)
- Noche de rondas (Bizarro Records 2334-2. 2000)
- Re-percusión / el 14 (Obligado Records RL 2626-2. 2002)
- Me vuela el corazón (Obligado Records RL 2858-2. 2003)
- La viuda (lyrics by Higinio Mena. Aperiá Records. 2006)
EP and singles
- Sabalero (Orfeo 333-3556. 1967)
- Navidad y rejas / No te vayas nunca, compañera (1972)
- ¿Dónde están? (shared with Los OlimareñosLos OlimareñosLos Olimareños was a popular Uruguayan singing group originally formed by Pepe Guerra, Waldemar Sasías and Braulio López, who then took shaping the duo composed by Pepe and Braulio, it is estimated that in 1962.-History:...
. Barry's Record 0072. Holland. 1979)
Reissues and compilations
- Abre tu puerta vecino y saca al camino tu vino y tu pan (CBS Columbia 59.120. 1977)
- Chiquillada (Sondor 84207. 1981)
- Chiquillada (RCA. 1984)
- Lo mejor del Sabalero (Sondor. 1985)
- Antología (Orfeo. 1987)
- Grandes éxitos (Sondor 6.731-2. 1991)
- Entre putas y ladrones / El viejo (Orfeo CDO 014-2. 1992)
- Angelitos (contains volumes I and II of "Angelitos". Orfeo CDO 022-2)
- La flota (Sondor 4.318-2. 1998)
- El Sabalero y sus canciones (La RepúblicaLa RepúblicaLa República is a center-left newspaper published in Lima, Peru. It is one of the two main national dailies sold all over the country since it was founded on May 3, 1981. The paper was founded by Gustavo Mohme Llona, a former member of the Peruvian Congress...
. Series Bigs of the Popular Singing Vol II 2494-2. 2001) - Re-percusión / el 14 (edited in Argentina. 2004)
- Canto popular (Orfeo / EmiEmiis a very common feminine Japanese given name and is occasionally used as a surname.-Possible writings:Emi can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:as a given name*恵美, "blessing, beauty"*絵美, "picture, beauty"*映見, "reflect, look"...
/ Bizarro Records 7243 8 59538 2 8. 2004)