Cornelis sjunger Victor Jara explained

Cornelis sjunger Victor Jara
Type:	Album
Artist:	Cornelis Vreeswijk
Cover:	cornelis_sjunger_victor_jara.jpg
Released:	1978
Recorded:	December 1977
Genre:	Folks protest
Length:	37:48
Label:	Metronome Records WEA WM Sweden
Producer:	Anders Burman
Prev Title:	Movitz! Movitz!
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Narrgnistor 2, En halv böj blues och andra ballader
Next Year:	1978

Cornelis sjunger Victor Jara: rätten till ett eget liv (English: Cornelis sings Victor Jara: The right to one's own life) is an album recorded by the Swedish-Dutch folk singer-songwriter Cornelis Vreeswijk in 1978.^[1]

History

Vreeswijk worked and travelled to Latin America in the late 1960s and early 1970s and developed a great appreciation for its rich musical heritage. He translated ten songs of Chilean troubadour Victor Jara and recorded both a Swedish and a Dutch album with translated songs.

Track listing

1. "Plogen" (El arado) The plough (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) 3:35
2. "Jag minns dig Amanda" (Te recuerdo Amanda) I remember you Amanda (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 2:25
3. "A Cuba" To Cuba (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 4:20
4. "Manifest" (Manifesto) (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 4:00
5. "Rätten till ett eget liv" (El derecho de vivir en paz) The right to live in peace (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 4:05
6. "La Diuca" (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 2:58
7. "Varken det ena eller andra" (Ni chicha, ni limona) Nor fish, nor fowl (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 3:23
8. "Angelita Hueneman" (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 4:08
9. "Fimpen" (El cigarrito) The cigarette butt (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 2:16
10. "Folkets vind" (Vientos del pueblo) Winds of the people (Victor Jara - Miguel Hernandez - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 2:35
11. "La Partida - Instrumental" The departure (Victor Jara - Adapt: Cornelis Vreeswijk) - 3:15

Personnel

• Cornelis Vreeswijk - vocal
• - flute, piano, electric piano, keyboards
• Janne Schaffer - guitar

Other musicians

• Lasse Englund - guitar
• Mats Glenngård - violin, viola
• Sture Nordin - bass
• Stefan Brolund - bass ("Plogen")
• Okay Temiz - percussion
• Hassan Bah - congas ("A Cuba")

External links

• Review article on Cornelis sjunger Victor Jara album background in Friheten
• Swedish Cornelis Vreeswijk Society (Cornelis Vreeswijksällskapet)
• Dutch Cornelis Vreeswijk homepage

Notes and References

1. Web site: Album info on www.cornelis.se . 2009-12-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000759/http://www.cornelis.se/min/jara.html . 2007-09-28 . dead .