José Carbajal Uruguayan singer, guitarist, and composer (Los Olimareños),died from cardiac arrest he was , 66,

José María Carbajal Pruzzo, known as El Sabalero was an Uruguayan singer, composer and guitarist ,died from  cardiac arrest he was , 66,.


(Juan Lacaze, Colonia, 8 December 1943 – Villa Argentina, Canelones, 21 October 2010)

Biography

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 Montevideo 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 chamarritas 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".

Exile

In the 1970s he reached fame in all Latin América through the song Chiquillada, that was also performed by Leonardo Favio 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.

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.^[1].

 

 

Discography

 Long Plays

• Canto popular (Orfeo ULP 90518. 1969)
• Bien de pueblo (Orfeo ULP 90536. 1969)
• Canto popular (Ed. Argentina 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. 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 Olimareños. 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 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)

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