José María Carbajal Pruzzo (December 8, 1943, in Juan Lacaze, Colonia – October 21, 2010, in Villa Argentina, Canelones), known as El Sabalero, was an Uruguayan singer, composer and musician who was a guitarist.

Biography

Childhood

He completed his primary education at the Don Bosco 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 night school.

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

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, for the Orfeo label, which featured fellow guitarist Roberto Cabrera. This record made up of four chamarritas 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

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'' ( CBS 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 Los Olimareños. 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'' ( La República. 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

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