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Victor Jara was an impoverished Chilean laborer who became a monk, a soldier, an actor and professor of theater; a political activist, a poet, and a popular folk musician; and ultimately a people's martyr following his brutal murder (along with thousands of his fellow citizens) in 1973 during the U.S.-backed military coup that toppled the government of Chile's democratically elected socialist president Salvador Allende. Amidst widespread global outrage at this gruesome miscarriage of justice, Jara quickly became even more famous than he had been while alive, and his recordings were widely circulated throughout North America on LPs bearing the Monitor and Americanto labels. Canto Libre, a collection released during the 1990s, contains material dating back at least as far as 1970. Jara sang beautifully, always expressing his thoughts and viewpoints with unflinching honesty, playing his guitar alone or surrounded by folk musicians from nations and cultures all over Latin America. Jara's egalitarian discipline of cultural solidarity is manifest at various points in this collection, with words and music traceable to Mexico ("The Ballad of Pancho Villa"), Peru ("Inga"), and Bolivia ("El Tinku" and "How Happy Are the Women Workers"). Jara's devotion to socialism must be understood as a call for Chilean self-determination; the best way to put it in context would be to read Pablo Neruda's Memoirs. Jara was incredibly outspoken, and it was typical of him to come up with a title that translates as "Thus They Kill Blacks Today." His greatest achievement was the song "Canto Libre," with its soaring flutes, stirring percussion, and passionately strummed guitars. Victor Jara's spirit transcends all language barriers. Like his voice and the instrumentation, the poetry is tremendously moving and unforgettable: "My singing is a chain without beginning or end, and in each link is found the song of everyone else."
© arwulf arwulf /TiVo
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Victor Jara, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Del Folklore Peruano, Composer - Rubén Nouzeilles, Producer - P. O´Ryan, Producer
(C) 2007 EMI CHILE This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2007 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A. ℗ 1968 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A.
Victor Jara, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Del Folklore Argentino, Composer - Rubén Nouzeilles, Producer - P. O´Ryan, Producer
(C) 2007 EMI CHILE This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2007 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A. ℗ 1968 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A.
Victor Jara, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 2007 EMI CHILE This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2007 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A. ℗ 1969 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A.
R. Hernández, Composer - Victor Jara, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rubén Nouzeilles, Producer - P. O´Ryan, Producer
(C) 2007 EMI CHILE This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2007 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A. ℗ 1968 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A.
Victor Jara, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rubén Nouzeilles, Producer - P. O´Ryan, Producer
(C) 2007 EMI CHILE This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2007 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A. ℗ 1968 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A.
Victor Jara, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Derechos Reservados, Composer - Rubén Nouzeilles, Producer - P. O´Ryan, Producer
(C) 2007 EMI CHILE This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2007 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A. ℗ 1968 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A.
Victor Jara, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 2007 EMI CHILE This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2007 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A. ℗ 1969 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A.
Victor Jara, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Del Folklore Mexicano, Composer - Rubén Nouzeilles, Producer - P. O´Ryan, Producer
(C) 2007 EMI CHILE This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2007 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A. ℗ 1968 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A.
Victor Jara, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rubén Nouzeilles, Producer - P. O´Ryan, Producer
(C) 2007 EMI CHILE This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2007 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A. ℗ 1968 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A.
Victor Jara, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rubén Nouzeilles, Producer - P. O´Ryan, Producer
(C) 2007 EMI CHILE This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2007 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A. ℗ 1968 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A.
Victor Jara, Composer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rubén Nouzeilles, Producer - P. O´Ryan, Producer
(C) 2007 EMI CHILE This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2007 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A. ℗ 1968 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A.
Victor Jara, Composer, MainArtist - Conjunto Quilapayun, MainArtist
(C) 2007 EMI CHILE This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2007 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A. ℗ 1971 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A.
Victor Jara, MainArtist - Derechos Reservados, Composer - Conjunto Quilapayun, MainArtist
(C) 2007 EMI CHILE This Labelcopy information is the subject of Copyright Protection. All rights reserved. (C) 2007 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A. ℗ 1971 EMI Odeón Chilena S.A.
Album review
Victor Jara was an impoverished Chilean laborer who became a monk, a soldier, an actor and professor of theater; a political activist, a poet, and a popular folk musician; and ultimately a people's martyr following his brutal murder (along with thousands of his fellow citizens) in 1973 during the U.S.-backed military coup that toppled the government of Chile's democratically elected socialist president Salvador Allende. Amidst widespread global outrage at this gruesome miscarriage of justice, Jara quickly became even more famous than he had been while alive, and his recordings were widely circulated throughout North America on LPs bearing the Monitor and Americanto labels. Canto Libre, a collection released during the 1990s, contains material dating back at least as far as 1970. Jara sang beautifully, always expressing his thoughts and viewpoints with unflinching honesty, playing his guitar alone or surrounded by folk musicians from nations and cultures all over Latin America. Jara's egalitarian discipline of cultural solidarity is manifest at various points in this collection, with words and music traceable to Mexico ("The Ballad of Pancho Villa"), Peru ("Inga"), and Bolivia ("El Tinku" and "How Happy Are the Women Workers"). Jara's devotion to socialism must be understood as a call for Chilean self-determination; the best way to put it in context would be to read Pablo Neruda's Memoirs. Jara was incredibly outspoken, and it was typical of him to come up with a title that translates as "Thus They Kill Blacks Today." His greatest achievement was the song "Canto Libre," with its soaring flutes, stirring percussion, and passionately strummed guitars. Victor Jara's spirit transcends all language barriers. Like his voice and the instrumentation, the poetry is tremendously moving and unforgettable: "My singing is a chain without beginning or end, and in each link is found the song of everyone else."
© arwulf arwulf /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:23
- Main artists: Víctor Jara
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI CHILE
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2007 EMI CHILE ℗ 2007 EMI CHILE
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