Jaime Roos

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Jaime Roos

Jaime Andrés Roos Alejandro (born November 12, 1953 in Montevideo , Uruguay ) is a Uruguayan musician , composer and producer.

Roos, whose musical activity is characterized in particular by the national musical genres of Murga , Candombe , Milonga and Tango , initially belonged to the group Epilogo de sueños and made a record with Patria libre , with whom he toured Europe in 1975. After the dissolution of Patria libre , he then temporarily settled in France. In 1977 his first album "Candombe del 31" was released in Uruguay , in which he also processed four pieces that had already been written in Paris. After returning to Europe at the end of 1977 and after an extensive journey through Latin America, he became music director of Los Indianos . Living in Amsterdam from 1978 to 1984 , he played as a bassist in various jazz, salsa and rock bands. Following his return to Uruguay, he increasingly appeared as a solo artist, but also founded the group Repique . In 1985 Brindis por Pierrot was published , which over a period of at least twenty years became Uruguay's best-selling national and international record. In 1995 he was appointed Visitante ilustre by the city of Buenos Aires . On the occasion of his 20th stage anniversary in 1997, he organized numerous anniversary concerts in the Montevidean Teatro Solís . This resulted in the album Concierto Aniversario , released in Latin America in 1998 and in Europe in 2003 . A prize from the Sociedad Argentina de Autores (SADAIC) received in 1998 was followed by further awards in the following years. In 1999 he was awarded the Argentine ACE Critics' Prize and in the same year received the Florencio Sánchez Prize for Actors and Directors from Argentina. In 1999 and 2000 he was also awarded twice in a row by the AGADU . He also received the Cóndor de Plata of the Association of Argentine Film Critics for the film music in the 1999 strip El amateur . Roos represented Uruguay on a Millennium program broadcast by the BBC in London, which was broadcast in more than 120 countries. He wrote the official Celeste song for the 2002 World Cup .

In his career to date, Roos has achieved gold and platinum status on more than 75 records. Many of his songs have been covered by other artists. The musicians who recorded their own versions of his pieces included Antonio Tarragó Ros , Laura Canoura , Nei Lisboa , Rubén Blades and Jorge Lazaroff , among many others . His song Adiós juventud was used in the 1988 referendum in Chile when the opponents used it as a symbol for their campaign. Advertising also discovered Roos' songs for their purposes. Thus, the used El País El grito del canilla in this context, which meant that such advertising was in 1996 voted the best of the decade.

Discography

  • Candombe del 31 ( Ayuí / Tacuabé a / e12. 1977 )
  • Para espantar el sueño (1978)
  • Aquello (Ayuí / Tacuabé a / e27, 1981)
  • Siempre son las 4 (Orfeo SULP 90689, 1982)
  • Nunca, nunca, nunca / Ella allá Nº 2 (Orfeo, simple, 1983)
  • Mediocampo (Orfeo SULP 90730, 1984)
  • Repique (with Repique, Orfeo SULP 90750, 1984)
  • Mujer de sal junto a un hombre vuelto carbón (together with Estela Magnone - 1985)
  • Brindis por Pierrot (Orfeo SULP 90787, 1985)
  • ¡Qué barbaridad! (with Repique, Orfeo SULP 90783, 1985)
  • 7 y 3 (Orfeo SULP 90832, 1986)
  • Sur (Orfeo, 1987)
  • Esta noche (Live at "La Barraca" - Orfeo 91043-1 and 91043-4 1989)
  • Seleccionado (Orfeo SCO 001-2, 1989)
  • Estamos rodeados (Orfeo 91080-1, 1991)
  • Cuando juega Uruguay (Orfeo, 1992)
  • La margarita (texts by Mauricio Rosencof - Sello Orfeo, 1994)
  • El puente (Orfeo, 1995)
  • Si me voy antes que vos (Columbia, 1996)
  • Repertory (EMI-Orfeo, 1997)
  • Concierto aniversario (Sony Music, live at Teatro Solís , 1998)
  • Contraseña (2000)
  • Candombe, murga y rocanrol (Sony Music, 2004)
  • Serie de Oro: Grandes Exitos (2005)
  • Fuera de Ambiente (Koala Records, 2006)
  • Clásico (Bizarro Records, 2007)
  • Hermano te Estoy Hablando (2009)

literature

Nuevo Diccionario de la Cultura Uruguaya by Miguel Ángel Campodónico , Librería Linardi y Risso, 2003, p. 298

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FolkWorld CD review
personal data
SURNAME Roos, Jaime
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roos Alejandro, Jaime Andrés (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan musician, composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo , Uruguay