José María Carbajal Pruzzo ( Juan Lacaze, Colonia, December 8, 1943 –

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, Canelones, October 21, 2010), known as El Sabalero was an Uruguayan singer, composer and guitarist.

Biography

Childhood

He completed his primary education at the

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Industrial School in Puerto Sauce and attended high school for a single year at the public lyceum. He dropped out after starting to work in a textile factory. But he completed his studies later, at a public nocturnal lyceum.

Artistic beginnings

In 1967 he migrated to

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and started to act in folk clubs, singing his own compositions. The same year, he released his first recording, for the Orfeo label, which featured fellow guitarist Roberto Cabrera. This record made up of four

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s went virtually unnoticed, and two years later he recorded his first

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, ''Canto Popular''. With a foreword by poet

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, and instrumental support by Yamandú Palacios and Roberto Cabrera, this record was a remarkable success in Uruguay and Latin America. The record features some of his most famous songs, such as ''Chiquillada'', ''La sencillita'' y ''A mi gente''.

Exile

In the 1970s he became famous in the whole of Latin America with his song ''Chiquillada'', also performed by

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and Jorge Cafrune. Between 1970 and 1973 he lived in

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, leaving in exile at the onset of the Uruguayan dictatorship due to his communist ideals. He travelled to

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, France and Spain, eventually settling in the

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with his Dutch wife Anke van Haastrecht.

Later years and death

He returned to Uruguay in 1984, going back to the Netherlands in 1992, albeit keeping a band in Montevideo. On October 21, 2010 he died in his house of Villa Argentina (Canelones Department) of a cardiac arrest. His remains were incinerated. A public celebration was held in his honor at the national

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Discography

Long Plays

* ''Canto popular'' (Orfeo ULP 90518. 1969) * ''Bien de pueblo'' (Orfeo ULP 90536. 1969) * ''Canto popular'' (Ed.

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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'' (

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Columbia 9120. Argentina. 1972) * ''Pelusa'' (Microfón I-401. Argentina. 1973) * ''Volveremos'' (KKLA. Netherlands. 1975) * ''Colmeneras'' (KKLA. Netherlands. 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

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. Barry's Record 0072. Netherlands. 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'' (

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. Series Bigs of the Popular Singing Vol II 2494-2. 2001) * ''Re-percusión / el 14'' (edited in Argentina. 2004) * ''Canto popular'' (Orfeo / Emi / Bizarro Records 7243 8 59538 2 8. 2004)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carbajal, Jose 1943 births 2010 deaths People from Juan Lacaze Uruguayan people of Spanish descent Uruguayan male guitarists Uruguayan composers Male composers 20th-century Uruguayan male singers Uruguayan singer-songwriters Uruguayan expatriates in the Netherlands